<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kohambo lwaseSpain lukaChristopher Columbus oluya emazweni aseMelika, abaseSpain bathumela izithunywa eziningi kule ndawo, futhi baqala ukunqoba indawo yamaMaya ngo-1523. Ngokushesha ngemva kokunqotshwa koMbuso Wama-Aztec, umnqobi waseSpain uPedro de Alvarado waqala  <response>: ukunqotshwa kwenyakatho yeMelika Ephakathi uMbuso WaseSpain. Kusukela ekufikeni kwakhe eSoconusco ngo - 1523, amabutho ka - Alvarado anqoba futhi anqoba iningi lemibuso emikhulu yamaMaya, kuhlanganise neKiche, iTzutujil, iPipil neKaqchikel. Ngo - 1528, ukunqotshwa kweGuatemala kwase kucishe kuphelele, kwase kusele iPetén Basin kuphela eyayingaphandle kwendawo yethonya laseSpain. Imibuso yamaMaya yokugcina eyayizimele - iKowoj nabantu bakwa - Itza - yagcina inqotshwe ngo - 1697, njengengxenye yokunqotshwa kwePetén yiSpain. 