Cultural Differences In Aztec Culture Essay
Cultural Difference and Identity Formation
Fall 2012 / 1400 Ad to Present/WCIV 10200 5 EF October 29, 2012
In a Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico it is very clear that Hernan Cortés’s way of Empire building and culture conquest in my opinion was by deceiving Montezuma. He had Montezuma believing he had come in peace although his entrance said otherwise. His style emphasized Military traditions along with the accompanying courage of his warriors.
Based on “The Florentine Codex” an excerpt from Victors and Vanquished It is clear that they were all dressed and equipped for war the second they stepped foot on Mexico. “They girded themselves, trying their battle gear lightly on …show more content…
The Spaniards even killed those that were working to make their lives better, those that were carrying water, bringing fodder for the horses, or grinding meals, or sweeping. Those that were unarmored were put out, in other words the innocent and helpless. The sun had disloyally murdered all the people from Tenochtitlan and that was the beginning of the war. In Bartolome de las Casas: A short Account of the Destruction of the Indies it is apparent that the Spanish form of empire building and cultural conquest was through Christianity. Well According to Las Casas it was more like they disguised their initial intent (control) and wanted the natives to perceive that they were descendendants from the heavens and have come to show them a new way of life. The America’s were discovered in 1492, and the first Christian settlements was established by the Spanish the following year. They first settled in the large and fertile island of Hispaniola. This coast was swarming with people, the reason why it was their first target. The people from this area were described to be as open and innocent as can be imagined. They were very simple, unassuming, long suffering, unassertive and submissive.
Fall 2012 / 1400 Ad to Present/WCIV 10200 5 EF October 29, 2012
In a Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico it is very clear that Hernan Cortés’s way of Empire building and culture conquest in my opinion was by deceiving Montezuma. He had Montezuma believing he had come in peace although his entrance said otherwise. His style emphasized Military traditions along with the accompanying courage of his warriors.
Based on “The Florentine Codex” an excerpt from Victors and Vanquished It is clear that they were all dressed and equipped for war the second they stepped foot on Mexico. “They girded themselves, trying their battle gear lightly on …show more content…
The Spaniards even killed those that were working to make their lives better, those that were carrying water, bringing fodder for the horses, or grinding meals, or sweeping. Those that were unarmored were put out, in other words the innocent and helpless. The sun had disloyally murdered all the people from Tenochtitlan and that was the beginning of the war. In Bartolome de las Casas: A short Account of the Destruction of the Indies it is apparent that the Spanish form of empire building and cultural conquest was through Christianity. Well According to Las Casas it was more like they disguised their initial intent (control) and wanted the natives to perceive that they were descendendants from the heavens and have come to show them a new way of life. The America’s were discovered in 1492, and the first Christian settlements was established by the Spanish the following year. They first settled in the large and fertile island of Hispaniola. This coast was swarming with people, the reason why it was their first target. The people from this area were described to be as open and innocent as can be imagined. They were very simple, unassuming, long suffering, unassertive and submissive.