In the 16 century, during the time of the Aztecs Empire, there was a battle that was going to be taken into place between the Aztecs and the greatest enemy. Popocatépetl was one of the men of the Emperor of the Aztec Empire, which also happened to be the father of Popocatépetl’s beloved Iztaccihuatl. Since the father knew about the love the both had for one another he had Popocatépetl a deal. If he brought victory home from the battle he would allow him and his daughter marry. Popocatépetl agreed to the deal and went to the battle and bring…
Juan Diego is important because he is the first Mexican Catholic person to see Our Lady of Guadalupe and have her tell him to build a church in her honor. He is also important because he is the one Mexican to have Our Lady of Guadalupe come to him in a vision and have people actually have people believe him and people not believe. The Aztec Empire flourished between c. 1345 and 1521 CE and dominated ancient Mesoamerica, regular tributes were extracted, and captives were taken back to Tenochitian for ritual sacrifice. This influence spread of Christianity in Mexico by the history of the Roman Catholic Church was founded in Mexico dates back from the period of the Spanish conquest 1519 to 1521 and has continued as an institution in Mexico into…
Cortes was on a mission to search for gold, to claim land and to convert people to christianity. Cortes was welcomed into the city. The aztecs did not know what he was a normal person or a god to claim the throne. Cortes' men killed some preastes in the middle of a sacrifice to their gods. Cortes held there emperor captive hoping that it was stop attacks on them…
Ferdinand Magellan (1519-22): sailed from Spain to the tip of South America—1st circumnavigation of the globe—but was killed along the way.…
The Spaniards allied with the Tlaxcalan indians and marched into Tenochtitlan. Montezuma welcomed in Quetzalcoatl’s men with open arms, but Hernan Cortes seized power of the empire by using Montezuma as a figurehead against his will, while Cortes made all the real decisions. Cortes acted as a secret leader until 1520, when events caused tension to escalate, and Cortes demanded Montezuma command his people obey the Spaniards. The Indians didn’t like this at all, and showered their leader in stones, he then went on to die days later in June of 1520. The spanish originally went to Mexico to search for land and gold, or other plunders because they had no prosperity back home in Spain. When they reached Mexico, they discovered the Aztec people and the native indians of the land, and decided to try to eliminate them and their ways (cannibalism, human sacrifices, etc. didn’t appeal to the Spanish, and they didn’t want people like that inhabiting the same land as…
King Montezuma was the leader of the Aztec empire from 1502-1520. The Aztecs had a large empire and complex civilization in present day Mexico. At their height, the Aztec empire had about five million citizens, about the same population as present day Paris. Hernando Cortez, a Spanish conquistador, set out to explore Mexico in 1518. In doing so, he disobeyed King Charles, the King of Spain. Cortez left Spain with 500 men in 11 ships. Once he arrived in Mexico, he burned most of his ships so his troops can’t escape back to Spain. He declared war against the Aztecs. Despite his underwhelming numbers compared to the Aztecs, the Spaniards did more than hold their own thanks to the revolutionary advantage of gun powder. On June 29th, 1920 Montezuma…
Hernan Cortez died, on December 2, 1547, of pleurisy in Spain. This was twenty-six years after initially conquered the Aztecs. That is the legacy he left behind, he manned the defeat and conquering of the great barbaric Aztecs. He never even got to truly rule the empire that he created, and that’s all he wanted; he wanted power. This guy went from studying law in Salamanca, to conquering Mexico and Central America. Without Cortez, Mexico would probably not be the same as it is…
Political: Spanish conquistadors took over Aztec capital (Hernán Cortés) and later on defeated Incas (Francisco Pizarro)…
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 vastly outnumbered. He still attacked resulting in Montezuma dieing and the Spaniards having little loss. In 1521 Cortes went back to Tenochtitlán again wanting to take control of the city.…
On November 8, 1519, Aztec Emperor Moctezuma and Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes met for the first time outside the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan. Aztec accounts of the event, compiled by Miguel Leon-Portillo shortly after and published as The Broken Spears, claim that Moctezuma (also Montezuma) believed Cortes was a god. “Our Lord, you are weary. The journey has tired you, but now you have arrived on the earth. You have come here to site on your throne, to sit under its canopy.” The accounts also say that Cortes told Moctezuma, “We have come to your house in Mexico as friends. There is nothing to fear.” Moctezuma would soon be dead, and Cortes would be the ruler of New Spain.…
Hernan Cortés was a Spaniard who defeated the Mexica Confederation in many different ways. The most successful tactic he used to defeat the Aztecs were by European Weapons, but he also had different ways. Cortés had different advantages that the Aztecs didn't, the Spanish brought over small pox. Many of his people were immune to it while the Mexica Confederation was not. Many people thought the Spanish were gods and gave them many gifts. Motecuhzoma thought Hernan Cortés was Quetzalcoatl, which was a god they were waiting for. He had two translators that were able to help him through his journey. The two translators knew different dialect; he had La Malinche and Geronimo de Aguilar. Hernan Cortés had many advantages that allowed…
Moctezuma II was the Aztecs ninth ruler and one of the greatest rulers known in the Aztec Empire. Montezuma II succeeded his uncle Ahutizotl, in 1502, minus the fact that he was a great ruler for having a strong amount of pride and superstition, he lacked some major qualities including the harsh realism of his forerunners and was greatly influenced by the ancient prophecies and the mysterious omens of his people. In today’s society, historians say that he is one of the most controversial topics that lead up to the Aztec Empire to fall. Personally I believe that he wasn’t the reason the Aztec Empire fell. He was “thrown into the position”; and the position was only setup for him to eventually fall to a high power, The Conquistadors.…
“He answered the objection of his antagonist in the best manner his limited information would allow.” pg 89 (Digital)…
The aztecs thought it was a warning that their empire was going to fall. In 1519, a spanish explorer (Hernando Cortes) arrived at the east coast of mexico. He defeated the local tribes and set off for the Aztecs. When he arrived at the city, the spaniards captured the emperor, took him as a prisoner, and killed him.…
May, 1535: In the frosty highlands outside the Inca city of Tombebamba, a force of Spanish conquistadors led by Sebastian de Benalcazar faced off against Inca General Ruminahui and his host of thousands of native warriors. At stake: the fate of the city of Quito and the northern Inca Empire.…
