all kinds of food. You could buy meat and game. There were streets that sold only pottery and mats. Painters could buy the paints they needed for their art. In 1519‚ the Spanish conquistador‚ Hernan Cortes‚ sailed from Europe to land in what is now Mexico. After a difficult journey inland‚ Cortes and his men entered the Aztec capital city and met ‚ the Aztec leader. Normally‚ the Spanish adventurers would have been captured and sacrificed immediately‚ because that is what the Aztecs did
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lasted from 1300-1521 CE. The Mayan society was from the year 200-900 CE. Hernan Cortes along with the Spanish army of five hundred‚ and thousands of Indian warriors declared war with the Aztecs. Moctezuma believed that the person coming towards his land was Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl who was forced into exile‚ but promised to return. Topiltzin was born in the year ce acatl‚ departed during ce acatl. Coincedently Cortes came in the year of ce acatl‚ unfortunately for Moctezuma having his guards
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Who were the Aztecs? Why were they considered to be an empire even greater than the Romans? And how was Hernan Cortes able to defeat them? These are some of the questions that people ask about these indigenous people. These people are known as the Aztecs but originally called themselves Mexica. They came to Mexico in the early thirteenth century and from there they started to develop a social structure and government consisting of priests‚ kings‚ peasants‚ and soldiers. Besides having a very organized
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were not familiar with firearms‚ this made in incredibly easy for the Spanish conquistadors to have the upper hand and to be able to have the control they wanted. One of the most well-known conquistadors throughout time is Hernando Cortes. From Medellin‚ Spain‚ Cortes started off as a soldier for Spain and then became an explorer and a conquistador. He was known for using deadly forces against the natives that inhabited the lands he would conquer. He conquered countries such as Mexico and Cuba.
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both of these empires and affected them with catastrophic results. At roughly the same time as the influx of smallpox in Mexico‚ Hernán Cortés and his Spanish Conquistadors had commenced in hostilities with the native Aztec Empire. Cortés and his men‚ despite an alliance with native warriors hostile to the Aztec Empire‚ were hugely outnumbered. However‚ Cortés had another ally‚ a biological weapon that even he was unaware of‚ smallpox. Smallpox was a European disease that the natives in Latin
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the Aztec culture‚ who after a clash between tribes was ceded as a slave‚ because that was the tradition of those times. Later‚ Malinche was again ceded as a slave‚ but this time to Hernan Cortes by the cacique of Tabasco‚ along with 19 other women‚ some pieces of another and a set of blankets. Afterwards‚ Hernan Cortes learned that Malinche spoke several languages and did not hesitate to use it as an interpreter in order
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Currently‚ the U.S is in a predicament similar to the fall of the Aztec Empire. After interference from outside sources the country is sparked into a war that causes a spiral of its economy downward. After the incident of 9/11 by Al-Queda we invaded Iraq and reinforced the lust for American blood by the the 3rd world countries. The war with Afghanistan raged on and during this time there was an impact on U.S citizen’s views on the citizens of 3rd world countries like Iraq‚ Syria‚ and Afghanistan
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territory surrounding Tlaxcala. When the Spanish entered Tlaxcala the city was poor as a result of the commercial blockade of the Aztec. Cortes seems to have won the friendship of old Tlaxcala leaders namely‚ Maxixcatzin and Xícotencatl the elder. However‚ not all the Tlaxcala approved of this friendship with the Spaniards namely Xicotencatl the younger. Cortes reportedly preached Christianity to the Tlaxcala leaders and they were baptised and "Maxixcatzin‚ Xicotecatl the old‚ Citalpopocatzin and
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1. Why is Cortes’ letter a primary source? 2. Is there any information in his letter that he did not actually observe? How do you reconcile this fact with the idea that this is a primary source? Can a document be partially primary and partially secondary? (i.e.‚ written by someone who did not witness the events or experience the emotion?) 3. What can you infer about Cortes’ motives in writing about “the wonders of Tenochtitlan” and the Aztecs? Why did he choose to write about the topics he addressed
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build their own empire. By 1500 they ruled a densely populated empire. The Aztecs were impressed into building elaborate canals and reclamation projects (Bulliet xxx). The Aztecs also built impressive cities‚ and promoted irrigation projects. Hernan Cortes‚ Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. The Conquistadors were 16th century Spanish individuals who conquered Mexico‚ Central America‚ and Peru (Bulliet‚ 438). The Conquistadors migrated to the Caribbean
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