In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Montezuma II — emperor of the Aztec Empire who welcomed Hernán Cortés into Tenochtitlan and accidentally hosted one of the worst houseguests in world history. Diplomacy, prophecy panic, colonial conquest, and the collapse of an empire in real time. Let’s squirt!
Topics: Montezuma II, Aztec Empire, Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquest of Mexico, Tenochtitlan, Mesoamerican history, fall of the Aztecs, colonial encounters, History Squirt
