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Tenochtitlan was a 500,000 inhabitants city with an empire the size of Central Europe. The whole conquest of Mexico with all of its cities-state was the same than conquering a continent the size of Europe, the last Mayan kingdom fell in 1683 actually.

But Spain at the time of Habsbourgs conquered Tunis fighting Ottomans and Moors, as well in 1535 and Portugal in 1580s decade fighting a coallition made up by Portugal, France, England and Dutch rebels.