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Wars & Conflicts

The causes, conduct, and consequences of conflict, from the battlefield to civilian life.

A hand-coloured 1524 woodcut showing Tenochtitlan surrounded by a lake and linked to its shore by causeways, beside a separate Gulf of Mexico map.

Tenochtitlan 1521: A City Besieged by Land and Water

The siege of Tenochtitlan was a war of Indigenous alliances, shipbuilding, broken water supplies, and determined resistance in a city already scarred by epidemic.

Open album spread with a portrait of Ethiopian emperor Menelik II on the right-hand page

Adwa 1896 and the Making of Ethiopia’s Victory

Ethiopia’s victory at Adwa grew from political coalition, modern weapons, and battlefield decisions, then secured recognition through diplomacy.

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