of their future. Motechuhzoma‚ his magicians and many others thought that the future had already been determined and that they should not fight. They were emotionally prepared for defeat. One other belief was that Hernando Cortes was their god Quetzalcoatl and they did not want to incur the wrath of any god. So they welcomed him as a god and produced gifts to please him instead of treating him as a stranger and with suspicion. Another factor that contributed to the defeat of the Aztecs was inferior
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turned into suns. These myths established how creative the Aztecs could be in creating their gods’ origins. At the beginning of creation‚ there was a high God Ometeotl and a female form‚ Omecihuatl. Two of the four sons that they produced were Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli. They were given the task of creating the earth‚ other gods‚ and people. With the birth of these Gods‚ a pattern of creation and destruction began that continues to the present day. There have been four previous ages or “suns
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one of the biggest downfalls of Montezuma and the Aztecs was the role of the God Quetzalcoatl. The majority of the Aztecs’ lives and beliefs was centered on their Gods. One of their biggest beliefs was of the God Quetzalcoatl‚ the feathered serpent. Montezuma believed that Cortes was the human version of Quetzalcoatl. The legend of Quetzalcoatl depicted a bearded‚ white God who looked similar to Cortes. Quetzalcoatl was prominent during the Toltec rule and had supposedly left the valley because he
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Australian Aborigines * Mythic * They believed that The Ancestors are supernatural being who created the Earth and all life. * Also‚ that each ancestor left behind when they left the tribe * That the ancestors were on Earth during The Dreaming * Ritual * The Initiation was called Wilyaru * 2 teeth were knocked out and they circumcised the boy. * Then‚ the elders would cut themselves and poor all the blood that was dripping on the boy.
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The Broken Spears Focus paper In The broken spears‚ author Miguel Leon-Portilla gives accounts from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519. These accounts include several texts written by surviving indigenous people of the Aztec civilization; these perspectives truly shows the emotion‚ fear‚ and uncertainty the Aztec’s felt in depth during this time. With the accounts in our textbook and the broken spears‚ we are able to draw conclusions viewing both facts and experiences through this
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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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The people known as the Aztecs (who referred to themselves as the Mexica or Tenocha) originated from a place called Aztlan‚ somewhere in North or North west Mexico. Sometime in the 12th century they embarked on a period of wander- ing and in the 13th century settled in the valley of central Mexico. About 1345 they founded the town of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs of Tenochtitlan ruled by Montezuma II became the greatest power in Mexico. The city of Tenochtitlan formed an alliance with the neighboring
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Diego Duran’s Credible Descriptions of the Aztec Civilization (Question # two) The Aztec civilization of Mesoamerica rose to be a politically unified framework with immense power and wealth during the 15th C. The Aztec civilization began in 1325‚ when the Mexica semi-Nomad people migrated south to form Tenochtitlan‚ their capital city and present day Mexico City. Through 100 years of aggressive military conquest‚ the Triple Alliance formed the Aztecs of Mesoamerica into a loosely structured
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Cortez had a much bigger army to take to the capitol of Mexico. When Cortez and the indigenous people arrived in Tenochtitlan‚ Montezuma II gracefully welcomed them with gifts such as gold‚ thinking that Cortez may have been an Aztec God known as Quetzalcoatl. Cortez took this as an advantage to capture the Aztec emperor and eliminate any chances of the Aztec people protesting against him. In the meantime Diego Velasquez had sent out another order to the Spanish army to arrest Cortez for disobeying
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All cultures are centered around belief structures that continue over a long period time‚ but some of the practices and rituals associated with these beliefs can become shuffled and this can drastically set two religions apart. The Mayans and the Aztecs of Mesoamerica are no different in this sense. Both cultures were “obsessed” with the stars and their movement in the heavens and they each built large observatories to watch and record what was happening‚ buildings that still exist to this day
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