conquest of the Aztec empire. Although popular belief is that the Spaniards conquered the Aztecs due to their superior weaponry or the introduction of deadly European diseases‚ there existed a great amount of factors‚ primarily the alliance that Hernan Cortes made with the Tlaxcala‚ which the Spanish used to take advantage of the Aztec people. Many historians argue that the Tlaxcala were already on the verge of a war with the Aztec people and that the Spaniards were a catalyst to launch an attack on
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Dr. Christina Bueno gave an informative and interesting speech on the history on archeology in Mexico. Other than taking a history of Latin America‚ I have not studied much of the ancient cultures in Mexico‚ but I was very interested in the material Dr. Bueno went over. In her speech‚ she goes over only three of the ten-thousand archeological sites in Mexico. My favorite one she went over was on the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. I was fascinated how the city was organized and just how enormous it was
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conquistadors ultimately conquered the native people. No other outside force could possibly have been as destructive to the Aztec empire as the Spanish settlement and colonization in the sixteenth century. Regardless of primary intentions‚ Hernan Cortes and his men slowly brought down Moctezuma and his army of less advanced warriors. In the early days of Spanish exploration‚ their goal was not to wage war with the lands native nations. The Spanish were strangers to the new world and‚ therefore
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any biases should be perceived through their effort to convince their audience and what they hope to accomplish. Hernán Cortés’ letter to the crown describing the first encounters with the Mexica natives is brief‚ yet his message is clear. He recounts that on his journey to Tenochtitlan a number of Moctezuma’s emissaries met with him with great respect however their leader “ begged [Cortés]‚ not to go [to Tenochtitlan]‚ for [he] would suffer many hardships”‚ yet despite their protests still “gave [him]
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light. The first letter is written by Hernan Cortés to the Spanish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles the V‚ and is a report written by Cortés about the Yucatan‚ describing its people and Cortés’ journey throughout these lands. The next letter is written by Bernal Diaz del Castillo a member of Cortés’ expedition‚ the letter itself is entitled Montezuma Stepped out of the Litter and is a description of the events surrounding the first meeting between Cortés’ expedition and the leader of the Aztecs
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not dependent on status‚ wealth‚ sanitary conditions‚ or hygiene. Because of that‚ smallpox was sometimes referred to as the “democratic” disease (Skold‚p.145) People believe that the Inca and Aztec empire likely collapsed because of smallpox. Hernan Cortes and his 300 men attacked the Aztec capital a force of 300‚00 and captured the city within the span of three months. (Altman. p.42) This likely occurred because the Spaniards have had years of exposure to smallpox due to Columbus crossing the Atlantic
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enemies was the Totonac Indians who welcomed Grijalva and his men in hopes of destroying Aztec rule2. Hernán Cortés followed Grijalva’s expeditions and made several key alliances along the way. In 1519‚ Cortés meets and joins Gerónimo de Aguilar‚ a castaway who lived among the Indians of the Yucatán for 8 years‚ and Aguilar serves as a resourceful translator3. Several months later‚ Cortés acquires another translator as a spoil from his victory against the Mayas. His interpreter and mistress
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Spanish conquest of Mexico or generally understood to be the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–21) began in February 1519. It was completed on August 13‚ 1521 when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcala warriors‚ led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger‚ captured the emperor Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan‚ the capital of the Aztec Empire (Today Mexico City). In South America‚ after years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes‚ 168 Spanish soldiers under Francisco
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Columbian Exchange Between 225 and 280 million years ago‚ all the separate lands came together to form a landmass called Pangea. Around 120 million years ago the landmass had begun to separate. The result of this separation was the formation of the Atlantic Ocean‚ and the division of the Americas from Africa and Eurasia. The Columbian Exchange is known as the period of time when there were exchanges in the culture and the economy of the New and Old Worlds. Plants‚ animals‚ technology‚ and different
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The Aztec Empire began in 1330‚ with the founding of Tenochtitlan. This empire was at its most hit‚ when Moctezuma II ruled. But this fierce and powerful empire came to its end when Hernan Cortes conquered the empire in 1521. There are four factors which caused the demise of the Aztec Empire. They are: Alliances (The conquistadors made alliance with tribes who didn’t like the Aztecs) Weapons (Spaniards had advanced weaponry and horses‚ to their advantage) The Spaniards had advanced weaponry and
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