Why the Aztec Empire was defeated Isolation‚ limited technology‚ disease‚ beliefs/religion‚ and allies were all contributing factors which led to Aztec destruction. Isolation‚ due to the fact that the Aztecs thought they were the only people alive apart from the other Indian/Mexican tribes‚ the Aztecs stayed in their city unaware with the world around them. While the Aztecs were staying in their island‚ the Spanish were exploring and trading which allowed them to develop better technology such
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Witness 1- Aztec merchant‚ Pochteca‚ Ollin Cuatl Witness 2- Spanish soldier‚ Aaron Vann Introduction- Lawyer- For the start I would like to thank your honour and members of the Jury‚ taking up your valuable time. My name is Alice Shiaw and as a lawyer‚ I am here to argue Hernan Cortez was guilty of the crime of destroying the indigenous culture of the Aztecs and I will be defending the Aztecs. I will prove his guilt by providing evidence that the Aztec economy was well organized and the Aztec empire
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their relationship to the Spanish and the Aztec. The Aztec hold the position of the sun. When they first settled on the swampy island called Tenochtitlan‚ it became
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world at the time. The two largest cities known before the encounter were Paris and Constantinople. Both these cites averaged about 300‚000 people. The people that live there were called the Mexica‚ but are universally known as the Aztecs. Who are the Aztec? Well‚ The Aztecs started as the Triple Alliance.
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Civilization which was more impressive was the Incas‚ because they were a developed civilization‚ they were good at engineering something that reflects systemOfroads] ’` were anaang. They also advanced a lot in construction‚ they built suspension bridges to cross from one 6.‚t<LG ~ brlc}ess mountaintoanother/whichwasimpressivewhichweremadebythickropecablesatstone towers. In technological advances they enlarged the system of terraces already used by Andean froers. The Incas made remarifable advances in medicine
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Explain the relationship between the religion and its society Religion was part of all aspects of the Aztec society and was a great controlling force in Aztec daily life. Religion set out the guidelines for how the civilisation was established and how it would function up until the time of its fall. The Aztecs were extremely religious people with many beliefs and a variety of gods that they worshipped. Pleasing the gods was of high importance and often dominated daily routine. It was imperative
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Out of the many civilizations were have studied through the year‚ I see many similarities between The Han Dynasty of China‚ and the Aztecs. They have the same general characteristics of an ancient civilization‚ and even more so‚ since both were golden ages. Both the Han and the Aztecs had organized social structure. The Aztecs’ social structure placed the aristocratic class of nobles at the top‚ followed by priests with artisans and merchants enjoying prestige as well. Peasants and slaves were
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the Aztec Empire The Aztecs were a sedentary‚ highly advanced‚ and militantly powerful empire ruled by a dominant leader named Montezuma. For an empire like this to be defeated by foreigners‚ using simple force alone would not be able to conquer this civilization. Hernán Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ arrived in Mesoamerica and between 1519 and 1521 and would war against the Mexica in attempt to claim the Aztec empire for the glory of Spain. It is how Cortés was able to take over the Aztecs capital
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Violence in the Aztec Society Zachary A. Carter A.P. World History “The dismal drum of Huichilobos sounded again‚ accompanied by conches‚ horns‚ and trumpet-like instruments. It was a terrifying sound‚ and when we looked at the tall cue (temple-pyramid) from which it came we saw our comrades who had been captured in Cortes’ defeat being dragged up the steps to be sacrificed. When they had haled them up to a small platform in front of the shrine where they kept their accursed idols we saw them
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The Aztec culture were in their high point in the 1500s when Montezuma was the ruler. Montezuma and the Aztecs were looked down by the Spaniards because they practiced human sacrifice and they were a very brutal culture. They weren’t prepared for war because their God was supposed to come on the same year Cortes did‚ the God was supposed to come from the east on a ship and have a beard. Well‚ guess who did just that? Cortes and the Spaniards. The Aztecs had hundreds of thousands of warriors and would
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