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…showed last 75 words of 886 total…the Aztecs is one of the greatest military campaigns in military. With a force of little over 600 men, Cortes defeated a vast empire whose inhabitants numbered close to 7 million. It is also one of the most influential since it has forever changed the landscape of an entire region. The conquest of the Aztecs opened up the new world to European colonization, which has left a legacy still felt throughout the region and the world. (Lanning, 1992).