Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Chiitiko chikuru chakakonzera kuti Spain itange kutora nyika dzevamwe, asi pasina zvakawanda zvainge zvabuda, kwaiva kukunda kwakaita Spain umambo hweAztec (1519-1521). Yakatungamirirwa naHernán Cortés uye yakaitwa kuti ikwanisike nokuita kuti vagari vemo vabatane nevavengi vevaAztec, vachiunganidza zviuru zvevarwi kuti varwise vaAztec nokuda kwezvikonzero zvavo zvematongerwe enyika. Guta guru reAztec, Tenochtitlan, rakava Mexico City, guta guru re"New Spain". VaAztec vanopfuura 240 000 vanofungidzirwa kuti vakafa mukati me
kukombwa kweTenochtitlan, 100 000 vari muhondo, nepo 500<unk>1 000 yevaSpanish vakabatanidzwa mukukunda vakafa. Imwe kukunda kukuru kwakanga kuri kweumambo hweInca (1531-35), hwaitungamirirwa naFrancisco Pizarro.