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Originally Posted by knot_e_lady  Actually, the Mayans were long gone by the time the Europeans arrived.
It was the Aztecs that the Spaniards defeated in Mexico, and the Incas in South America. | Really? According to Wikipedia - which I realise is not a perfect source as it's editable by pretty much anyone, but is generally along the right lines - says: Shortly after their first expeditions to the region, the Spanish initiated a number of attempts to subjugate the Maya and establish a colonial presence in the Maya territories of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Guatemalan highlands. This campaign, sometimes termed "The Spanish Conquest of Yucatán," would prove to be a lengthy and dangerous exercise for the conquistadores from the outset, and it would take some 170 years before the Spanish established substantive control over all Maya lands.
It goes on to say: The last Maya states, the Itza polity of Tayasal and the Ko'woj city of Zacpeten, were continuously occupied and remained independent of the Spanish until late in the 17th century. They were finally subdued by the Spanish in 1697. |