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Christopher Columbus, together with the brothers Martin and Vicente Pinzón, sails west from Palos in Spain

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The Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes lands on the coast of Mexico with 600 men, 16 horses and about 20 guns

Montezuma welcomes Hernan Cortes to his capital, Tenochtitlan, under the impression that he is the returning god-king Quetzalcoatl

Cortes and his tiny force capture Montezuma, ruler of the mighty Aztec empire, in his palace at Tenochtitlan

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Francisco Pizarro leads 168 men, with about 30 horses, into the territory of the Inca empire

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Pizarro and his tiny force ambush and massacre the Inca court in Cajamarca, capturing Atahualpa himself alive

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Atahualpa agrees to buy his freedom from the Spaniards with a room full of gold and another of silver

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| Although the ransom has been paid, Atahualpa is executed by the Spaniards — who ensure that he dies a Christian

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Manco Inca begins a siege of the Spaniards in Cuzco that lasts for a year