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La Noche Triste (1520)

30 June–1 July 1520 — On the night the Spaniards fled Tenochtitlan along the Tlacopan causeway, warriors attacked them at the gaps where the bridges had been removed. Hundreds of Spaniards and thousands of their Tlaxcalan allies died in the causeway gaps and the lake.

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Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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Map showing La Noche Triste (1520), battle site in Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
BATTLE SITE · CLIMATE AND INNOVATION: THE NORSE AND THE AZTECS, C. 790–1521

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