Norse and Aztecs · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Otumba (1520)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Otumba”
7 July 1520 — Days after their flight from Tenochtitlan, the battered Spaniards and their allies fought a Mexica army in the plain of Otumba and broke through, reportedly by striking at its commanders. They reached the safety of Tlaxcala soon after.
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- Battle site
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- Fall of the Aztec Empire (chapter 11 of Norse and Aztecs)
- Atlas
- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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