Spanish conquest of Yucatán

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.

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Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of Yucatán canonical	8
Spanish conquest of the Maya	4
Christianization of Yucatán	1
Maya–Spanish conflicts	1
Spanish colonization of Yucatán	1
Spanish conquest of the Itza	1
Spanish conquest of the Yucatán	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T720811 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of Yucatán
Context triple: [Spanish colonization of the Americas, hasPart, Spanish conquest of Yucatán]

A. Spanish conquest of Guatemala
The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.
B. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
C. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
D. Siege of Veracruz
The Siege of Veracruz was a pivotal 1847 U.S. amphibious assault and bombardment of the Mexican port city of Veracruz that opened the road to Mexico City during the Mexican–American War.
E. Siege of Cuautla
The Siege of Cuautla was a pivotal 1812 confrontation in the Mexican War of Independence, where insurgent forces led by José María Morelos withstood a prolonged royalist siege, boosting the rebel cause despite ultimately withdrawing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Spanish conquest of Yucatán
Target entity description: The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.

A. Spanish conquest of Guatemala
The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.
B. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
C. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
D. Siege of Veracruz
The Siege of Veracruz was a pivotal 1847 U.S. amphibious assault and bombardment of the Mexican port city of Veracruz that opened the road to Mexico City during the Mexican–American War.
E. Siege of Cuautla
The Siege of Cuautla was a pivotal 1812 confrontation in the Mexican War of Independence, where insurgent forces led by José María Morelos withstood a prolonged royalist siege, boosting the rebel cause despite ultimately withdrawing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Crown of Castile ⓘ Spanish conquistadors ⓘ indigenous allies of Spain ⓘ
cause	desire to Christianize indigenous populations ⓘ expansion of Spanish colonial empire ⓘ search for new territories and resources ⓘ
characteristic	protracted and fragmented campaigns rather than a single expedition ⓘ resistance by multiple independent Maya city-states ⓘ use of indigenous allies by Spanish forces ⓘ
commander	Francisco de Montejo the Elder ⓘ Francisco de Montejo the Nephew ⓘ Francisco de Montejo the Younger ⓘ linked to: Francisco de Montejo the Elder
conflict	Spanish Empire ⓘ
conflictType	asymmetric warfare ⓘ colonial war ⓘ
describedBySource	Maya accounts and oral traditions ⓘ Spanish colonial chronicles ⓘ
effect	demographic decline of Maya population due to war and disease ⓘ imposition of Spanish language and institutions ⓘ integration of Yucatán into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
endTime	1546 ⓘ
followedBy	Christianization of Maya population ⓘ colonial administration of Yucatán under New Spain ⓘ encomienda system in Yucatán ⓘ
hasPart	campaigns of Francisco de Montejo the Younger (1537–1546) ⓘ first campaign of Francisco de Montejo (1527–1528) ⓘ second campaign of Francisco de Montejo (1531–1535) ⓘ
location	Yucatán ⓘ linked to: Yucatán Peninsula Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ present-day Mexico ⓘ
opponent	Cocom Maya ⓘ Itza Maya ⓘ Maya polities ⓘ Xiu Maya ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Maya ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of Yucatán history of Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
religionInvolved	Maya religion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ collapse of independent Maya polities in Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ incorporation of Yucatán into the Spanish Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	battle for Chichén Itzá region ⓘ foundation of Mérida in 1542 ⓘ foundation of Valladolid in 1543 ⓘ siege and capture of Maya towns across northern Yucatán ⓘ
startTime	1527 ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

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