️ Complete the following sentence: Following the Spanish expedition of Christopher Columbus' voyages to the Americas, the Spanish sent many expeditions to the region, and they began their conquest of Maya territory in 1523. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>
Conquista del norte de Centroamérica por el Imperio Español.<unk> Conquista del norte de Centroamérica por el Imperio Español. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ The last independent Maya kingdoms <unk> the Kowoj and the Itza people <unk> were finally defeated in 1697, as part of the Spanish conquest of Petén.