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 god. As a result‚ the Aztecs did anything to please them‚ so they fed the Spanish and their horses. According to the Aztec account‚ while they greeted them‚ the Spanish murdered them. To add on‚ the Aztec source even claims that slaughter
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children carrying European dolls. Cortés is perhaps the most famous and ruthless of the conquistadores. The first interaction he had with the Aztecs‚ Montezuma sent him extensive tributes‚ because Montezuma thought he was the reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl. This generosity made Cortés lust for more and more gold‚ until finally Montezuma and the Aztecs forced them out of the city. Cortés responded in tune by laying siege to Tenochitlán‚ eventually taking the city after it suffered innumerable losses
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Attempts have been made to trace the origin of this race to Egypt‚ Phœnicia‚ China‚ Burma as also to the Asiatic or African peoples. But the name of India has never been mentioned in spite of the fact that India‚ an equally ancient civilization also grew and developed almost simultaneously with the famous Maya and Aztec Empires. They had developed their own cultures and reached their peak‚ made tremendous achievements in the fields of arts‚ architecture‚ sciences like astronomy and medicine. Indian
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verticality as in the Great Tikal Plaza (Guatemala). The highest Mexican pyramid was erected at Cholula (in its initial stages‚ an Olmec site)‚ and was consecrated to Quetzalcoatl‚ wise and beneficial god. There are important zones of pyramid concentrations at Chichén Itzá (pyramid of Kukulcan‚ the Maya name of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl‚ the Feathered Serpent)‚ at Palenque‚ Teopalzolco‚ Monte Alban‚ «city of pyramids» in Teotihuacan‚ an urban centre‚ which started out as Olmec. The Temple of the
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Hernando Cortes on Meeting Moctezuma & Destroying the Aztec Empire In the early 1500’s‚ people traveled their whole lifetime‚ all across the world‚ just to find two things‚ gold and property. Gold‚ the world basically revolved around it and you would do anything to just get your hands on it. It determined who you were in life‚ your social status and what kind of life you lived. You also wanted to own as much property as you could for multiple reasons. Having more land‚ led to more people‚ creating
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101 MIDTERM REVIEW Terms: The definition and how they are significant For the readings: explain the main points and how they relate to lecture Please choose your list; add the definition and its significance Bartolome de Las Casas a Spanish colonist‚ a priest‚ first Bishop of Chiapas‚ was a scholar‚ historian and 16th century human rights advocate. Las Casas has been called the Father of anti-imperialism and anti-racism. Las Casas came to the Indies early‚ he knew Columbus and was the
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early and one subsequent motive that drove Columbus to oppress indigenous people. 8. What was the ultimate fate of the Arawak Indians? ZINN CHAPTER 1: pp. 2-22 Columbus‚ The Indian‚ and Human Progress 1. What was the significance of Quetzalcoatl? 2. Compare the strategies and motives underlying the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortez and the conquest of the Incas by Pizzaro. 3. What were the major causes of war between the Powhatans and the English settlers? 4. Discuss the
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dependent empire‚ the Aztec’s religion was based highly on the forces of nature and worshipped them as gods. The god of war‚ Huitzilopochtli‚ was the most important deity. They had many other important gods‚ such as Tlaloc‚ the god of rain‚ Quetzalcoatl‚ the god of wind and of learning‚ and Tenochtitlan‚ the sun god. The Aztecs believed in order to appease these and many other gods that they needed to perform human sacrifices. The main purpose of the great Aztec pyramids was‚ in fact‚ human
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They had three dominate gods: Huitzilopochtli‚ (“Hummingbird wizard” the native and) the (chief god of the tenochca‚ Huitzilopochtli was the war and sun god)‚ Tezcatlipoca (“smoking mirror” chief god of the Aztecs in general) and Quetzalcoatl (“sovereign plumed serpent” widely worshipped throughout Mesoamerica and the god of civilization‚ priesthood and learning). Below these three gods were four creating gods who kept themselves from the human world. Under these were a large number
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Mexico‚ in 1519. Cortes led his soldiers to conquer Tenochtitlan‚ the modern-day Mexico City‚ which was originally inhabited by the Aztec Empire. Cortes was successful in conquering the Aztec Empire because the Aztecs believed Cortes was the God of Quetzalcoatl and disease brought by European exploration. In 1598‚ Juan de Onate was another conquistador who led more soldiers in an attempt to conquer Pueblo in modern-day New Mexico. The Pueblo people were against the Spanish colonizers and successfully
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