Aztec king‚ meeting with Cortes‚ as expected by Aztec diplomacy. However‚ “Cortés soon decided to seize Montezuma in order to hold the country through its monarch and achieve not only its political conquest but its religious conversion”(Hernán Cortés‚ marqués del Valle de Oaxaca). The next artifact is a picture of the famous Conquistador. When Cortes finally conquered Tenochtitlan‚ he destroyed most of the Aztec capital. “On the ruins of the ancient Aztec capital‚ Cortes built his capital‚ Mexico
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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 to
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Hierarchies were fundamental aspects of both the Spanish and Mexica empires‚ and permeated through all aspects of society‚ including religion. When the two groups interacted for the first time‚ they established a hierarchical relationship with the Spanish in a superior position to the Mexica‚ which allowed for the Spanish conquest of the Mexica empire. The Spanish considered themselves superior for a variety of reasons‚ including religion‚ politics‚ technology‚ and immunity to diseases‚ viewed as
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people who enjoy culture’s past. The document that Schwartz presented the perspective of the Spaniards and Nahua during the conquest of Mexico. After reading Schwartz book I took note of three things that were important‚ which was how the Nahua viewed Cortes as God‚ the Nahua amount of people who fought‚ and Spaniards
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Westmead International School Alangilan‚ Batangas City 2012-2013 Richard B. Dalawangbayan BSCS 421 Spanish (Mexico) Mexico: The “NEW SPAIN” The history of Mexico‚ a country located in the southern portion of North America‚ covers a period of more than two millennia. First populated more than 13‚000 years ago‚ the country produced complex indigenous civilizations before being conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. Since the Spanish conquest
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this was unavoidable. It is unimaginable that such a strong tribe would have a result ending this devastated. The reason why this happened is that in 1519‚ Hernan Cortes who was a Spanish conquistador arrived on the land of Tenochtitlan (Capital city of Aztecs) along with his men. He was welcomed as if a god is respected‚ but Hernan Cortes took this as an advantage which resulted in a loss for Aztecs in many ways. The three things that were in favour of Spanish was military‚ allies with Tlaxcalans
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Conquest of Mexico‚” by Camilla Townsend‚ hits the points of why the Native Americans were submissive to the Spaniards. The thesis‚ in short‚ says that the Native Americans were not exactly conquered by the conquistadors. Instead‚ they thought the Cortes was a god‚ Quetzalcoatl. This in no way indicates the development‚ or lack thereof‚ in the Aztec society. The Aztecs invited the conquistadors into their society as gods; they were not conquered‚ per say‚ because of the Spain being unbearable. The
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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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The Spanish‚ led by Hernán Cortés landed on the Mexican peninsula in search of gold in 1519. Within three years‚ the Spanish had conquered the Aztec Empire. Accounts of what happened during the first Spanish attack differ greatly based on whose account the event is read. According to the primary source by the Aztecs‚ the Aztecs were brutally slaughtered by the Spanish. When the Spanish first arrived the Aztecs called them lords because they believed that their leader was Quetzalcoatl‚ the bird
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Except for giving the name Felipinas to the Philippines‚ the Villalobos expedition was a failure. The Saavedra Expedition The next expedition to the Far East was fitted to the East was lifted out in Mexico by Hernando Cortes on orders from the Spanish colonizer‚ King Charles I. Cortes‚ famous as the conqueror of the Aztec Empire in Mexico‚ was the viceroy of that Spanish colony.
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