<P> It took nearly another 60 years of war before the Spaniards completed the conquest of Mesoamerica (the Chichimeca wars), a process that could have taken longer were it not for three separate epidemics, including a rare strain of paratyphoid fever, that took a heavy toll on the remaining Native American population . The Spanish conquest of Yucatán took almost 170 years . </P> <P> After the fall of Tenochtitlan, most of the other Mesoamerican cultures remained intact . In fact, the conquest of the Aztec empire did not have an immediate impact on other Mesoamerican cultures . </P> <P> As allies of the Spaniards, the Tlaxcalans gained the most . The Spaniards would eventually break the alliance, but not until decades later . </P> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ "Pre-Columbian civilizations". britannica.com . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Smith (1984) p. 173 . In arriving at 1248, Smith averages together dates from Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl (1245), the Annals of Tlatelolco (1257), the Annals of Cuauhtitlanzx (1246), Fernando Alvarado Tezozomoc (1247), and Diego Duran (1245). </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Ancient Mexico and Central America </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ According to Richard Townsends "The Aztecs" pp88 . Thames and Hudson 1992 . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Townsend, Richard 1992 . pp 96 . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ "Mexico: 500 years later, scientists discover what killed the Aztecs". AFP . 15 January 2018--via The Guardian . </Li> </Ol>

The aztecs were ruled over by an emperor. what was his name