Did you know Aztecs sacrifices began in the 1500’s? It played a very important role in their lives. Some people believe that this tribe was just full of violence. Even though they were the most advanced group in their time. The Aztecs did these sacrifices to please their gods. The history of the Aztecs was a very mysterious and cruel way of life. The first site of this tribe was in the city Teotihuacan (Jose Luis Martinez). The Aztec people had a population of 125‚000 to 2‚000‚000 people (Sonneborn)
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– Final Felipe Fernandez- Armesto has written that the Spanish conquest of the Aztec has long been attributed to what he calls the “conquistador myth”: the notion that the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs “because they were in some sense better‚ better equipped‚ technically morally or intellectually”. Do you agree with Fernandez- Armesto that this is a myth? If explain why? If so explain why not. The question of how a small Spanish army was able to conquer one of the greatest ancient empires
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Cortes and the Conquering of the Great Aztec Empire When Cortes heard of a vast and wealthy empire deep within the Mexican interior‚ the conquest of Mexico had already begun. The Aztec empire was what the ambitious Cortes had been looking for since his departure from Spain; he most certainly hoped that his wish to discover the empire would come true. The Aztecs‚ on the other hand‚ did not know Cortes. The empire was as it always had been; the Aztecs had no serious premonition of war. Cortes
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Savage or Civilized: Aztecs vs The Spanish Imagine what it would of been like if the Aztecs won the battle of 1519 against the Spanish. Would present day Mexico be a lot more different than what it is today? Would of they have been more advanced or a lot more savage? During the past few couple of weeks I’ve learned a lot about the Aztecs and Spanish and how the encounter of these two civilizations from different sides of the world affected the world that we live in now today. I was also
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wipe out a powerful empire? Hernan Cortes‚ the Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain‚ in the 16th century. The Aztecs were a Nahuatl speaking nation of central Mexico‚ in MesoAmerica. They were very powerful and wealthy in natural goods‚ in addition to creating their own weapons and techniques. When Hernan Cortes came to the land of the heart of the Aztecs‚ he had brought unknown weapons and diseases to the Aztecs‚ as well as an army of men. He also had a spy/translator
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How can it be that the Aztecs‚ one of the greatest and strongest civilisations of its time‚ be defeated by only a few hundred men? The answers to this question are many but the one we shall explore is that of the factors that gave the Spanish soldiers the advantage over the Aztecs. The main factor that led to the victory of the Spanish Conquerors was the Aztec religion. The Aztecs had many myths about their gods however the most important was the story about Quetzacóatl (ket-zahl-co-ah-tul)‚ the
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| | The Aztec-Spanish War: Causes and Effects Shane J. Bergen HIST101 American History to 1877 Professor Lawhorn May 28‚ 2013 The Aztec-Spanish War The Aztec empire was one of the strongest and most expansive empires in the 15th century. They cemented their power by securing strategic alliances‚ but they also established enemies who would eventually aid their demise. The Aztec-Spanish War is officially described to have lasted between 1519 and 15211‚ but many events before
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Introduction (author ’s name (professor /instructor (subject (date of submission ) Why the Spanish could conquer the Aztecs ? It was in 1519 when a band of Spanish conquistadors ‚ led by Hernan Cortes arrived at the Yucatan Peninsula . Together with a small army of 600 men ‚ Cortes sought out to conquer the Aztec empire for their country . The Aztec empire was considered as the most advanced civilization in North America . They were in control of large cities and had complex social
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relate their relationship to the Spanish and the Aztec. The Aztec hold the position of the sun. When they first settled on the swampy island called Tenochtitlan‚ it became
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The Aztec and the Spanish were both very powerful civilizations during the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The defeat of the Aztecs One of the main reasons why the Spanish defeated the powerful Aztec empire is due to their weapons. Although these two groups were very different‚ they share some similarities with their weapons. The Spanish wouldn’t have been as successful if it weren’t for their guns‚ armour‚ and leadership. The Spanish had many advantages over the Aztec‚ one being guns. Unlike the
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