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When Cortez returned to Tenochtitlan, he walked into a revolt. In Cortez's absence, Alvarado, the man Cortez had left behind to keep order, treated the Aztecs very cruelly. Alvarado massacred hundreds of Aztecs at a religious ceremony, because he was afraid of a revolt. Instead, it was de Alvarado's actions that caused the revolt to start. When Cortez arrived, he was surrounded and attacked by the Aztecs. His force badly outnumbered, Cortez asked Montezuma to speak to the Aztecs and calm them. The result of this, however, was quite the opposite. Enraged Aztecs considered Montezuma a traitor, and stoned him to death. Cortez retreated from the city. Chased by Aztec warriors, the Spanish lost more than half of their men, and all of their cannons. It took Cortez almost a year, but he built up his forces once again and conquered every part of the Aztec empire--except Tenochtitlan. Finally, in May 1521, Cortez was ready for the final assault on the Aztec capital. When it was over, more than 40,000 Aztecs lay dead and the once-mighty Aztec Empire lay in ruins.
