Billy Edwards 12-11-07 ANT 305A 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
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n 1519 Spaniards led by Hernán Cortés traveled from Cuba to Mexico. Their goal was to conquer Mexico so that they could collect all the rumored riches. Cortes and his men went to Tenochtitlán‚ the Aztec Empire. He forged an alliance with them. The Aztecs believed Cortes was a god because he had such riches like metal armor and horses. Montezuma II‚ the leader of the Aztecs‚ had heard that the Spaniards had brought gifts for them. When Cortes had reached Tenochtitlán he had realised that his men were
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Hernanando Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who is known for conquering and bringing the downfall of the Aztec empire. He lead the first expedition into the new world for France and claim land all across. After all of Cortes’s conquests‚ he was made governor of New Spain for a brief time. Cortes was successful in his conquests of the New World because of his courage to explore new lands‚ find riches‚ and his resources available to him. Though‚ he may seem interesting‚ his life was actually quite
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catholic religion. Nevertheless more implications arose when Cortes landed in Mexico‚ there was a language barrier between the Spaniards and the natives as well as the standard of living or culture was totally alien to the Europeans. But the Spaniards were after one thing only‚ gold….
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deceiving. From the beginning Cortes made moves to openly try to undermined Monctezuma. Cortes made early alliances with the know enemies of Monctezuma and the Aztecs. This is not the actions of a good and trust worthy friend. Someone who is trying to become friends with a person they don’t know well doesn’t make friends with their enemies. Cortes’s also tried to buy off Monctezuma when he wrote in his letter "Moctezuma came down the middle of this street with
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Cortes’ ardent determination to bring back wealth‚ gold‚ and conquer the Aztecs’ most sacred land‚ Tenochtitlan‚ wasn’t enough to defeat them in a hard fought battle. Determination was just one of the many factors that helped the Spaniards defeat the pious Aztecs. The main five factors consist of the‚ Spanish Worldview‚ Aztec Worldview‚ Military Technology‚ Military Strategy‚ Spread of Disease. However‚ out of all of these factors‚ the most important would be Military Technology due to all the advantages
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Good morning/afternoon your honor‚ ladies and gentlemen. Today I will prove to you that what Cortes did during this time of era was perfectly normal. I will have 3 witnesses to support my evidence of what Cortes did was normal. What I mean by normal is that most European Sailors would treat foreigners differently depending on what materials or valuables that the natives had as soon as the explorers arrived on a new piece land. Most of these explorers would do things out of the name of god. Some explorers
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Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition to the Aztecs. He landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519 with an army of around 600 men‚ 16 horses and a few cannons. Cortes and his men made their way inland to the capital of the Aztecs‚ capturing cities and gaining extra soldiers from the people who were left after his men took over. He spoke to the natives through his translator Malinche‚ a young Indian woman. They made their way to Tenochtitlan‚ where Aztecs were conquering and sacrificing
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Q: What were Cortes’ and Bernal Diaz’s motives for writing their accounts of the conquest? How did these motives color their narratives of the conquest? Record keeping has been around since the beginning of time. Even before humans existed‚ the planet earth keeps detailed records of itself in rocks‚ trees‚ and ice. Writing of events has been very important in the process of capturing‚ storing‚ and sharing information. Writing also allows the document to be sent off to a far off land without
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The Aztec empire was of immense population and size which benefited from a central control. Cortes had discovered that his conquest of Mexico would not be as easy as Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas. The process the leadership being killed after gradual trade would not be possible in Mexico. It was the religious beliefs of the Aztecs that gave Cortes and his men the opportunities necessary for conquest. Thesis. The Aztecs were a very complex people. They were a civilization over 2000 years old
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