The Great Ones · Mesoamerica
Cuauhtémoc
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Cuauhtémoc

c. 1495–1525

Last Aztec emperor, who resisted the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan.

Cuauhtémoc (c. 1495–1525) endures among the great of Mesoamerica. Last Aztec emperor, who resisted the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan.

Across the early modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.