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With a complex empire structure like the Aztecs or Inca, all you have to do is defeat the centralsied state, and you inherit the means and infrustructure to continue in their place. In the case of Mexico, it was simply a matter of replacing Tenochtitlan with Madrid (or was it Toledo), no need to build a new society as it were, just rearrange the existing one.

Originally posted by Cywr In the case of Mexico, it was simply a matter of replacing Tenochtitlan with Madrid (or was it Toledo),

It was nothing. Castile didn't have a central Capital until Philip II, who declared Madrid, a small town before his reign, to become his capital. Valladolid probably centralized the functions of government somehow but the King and the Court was still semi-nomadic at the time. Seville would later acquire the centrality for colonial matters but for some time it was C�diz and before there was no specific seat.

Toledo held some Court (Parlament) meetings but just like any other Castilian city, it never recovered the capitality that held with the Visigoths. Main tribunals were in Valladolid and Seville.