facing the Spanish‚ the Aztecs were at a severe disadvantage. The Aztecs had just finished building the main parts of their vast empire and defeated the other tribe that were the rulers of the land that their empire now sat upon. Then‚ all of a sudden‚ these strange people show up with all these strange and foreign objects and the Aztecs didn’t know what to do. As the Aztecs would soon find out‚ the Spanish had come to conquer land‚ not make allies. The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs because
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Book Review: Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest Mathew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest is a well-written book that serves an important purpose. That purpose being: the debunking of generally accepted falsehoods about the Spanish Conquest beginning in the 15th century. Restall’s book is separated into seven chapters that specifically address general myths most historians and students perceive as basic --- universal truths. Restall uses the term “myth” to describe the inaccurate/fictitious
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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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World‚ the Spanish empire had gained almost complete control of Central America and the majority of South America. Furthermore‚ the Spanish controlled large portions of southern Europe‚ including much of Italy‚ Austria‚ and the Netherlands. The success of the Spanish empire began its gradual decline in the seventeenth century. Many factors contributed to the ultimate demise of the Spanish empire‚ but the main cause of the fall of the empire was Spain’s poor economic decisions. The Spanish government
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Throughout several centuries‚ the Spanish conquest of Latin America has been portrayed‚ according to Keen in his textbook‚ A History of Latin America‚ as a "handful of Spaniards" conquering two of the largest empires in Latin America. Now‚ it is true that in comparison to the multiplicity of diverse groups of Native Americans within both the Aztec and Inca empires‚ the number of Spaniards who conquered them were indeed very few in number. However‚ despite the framework of this concept being true
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COMP Essay Although the rise of the Aztec and Mongol empires did not occur in the same time period or in the same region‚ they are still similar. The biggest similarities are that they both lived almost entirely off of tribute and relied heavily on their armies. However‚ these similarities also came with differences‚ like the fact that their armies used different strategies/weapons. Some other differences were that the Aztecs migrated to Mexico‚ whereas the Mongols were just unified where they
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stream-assisted drilling‚ mine dewatering‚ and haulage improvements have majorly impacted the preparation for use of silver. The most commonly known method of preparing silver today is called the cyanide process‚ first idealized in the 18th century by Spanish miners‚ and developed during the 19th century. Briefly‚ the cyanide process begins with crushing the silver ore into pieces‚ then the ore is stacked on impermeable pads and finally sodium cyanide and water solution is added to the ore. Most commonly
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entire fall of the Aztec empire started with the fact that Cortes wanted to take over. He wanted to make it fall. So he set out with around 500 Spanish soldiers armed to the aztec Empire. Along the way‚ they came into contact with the Tlaxcala. When the came into contact‚ a battle burst out. Many of men were killed. Soon after many of the Tlaxcala were killed‚ the leaders along with a few other men finally said that they were enemies with the Aztecs and they would join in with the Spanish to help take
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Wells November 4‚ 2015 The Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. By Matthew Restall. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. Pp. xix‚ 240. In The Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest author Matthew Restall discusses the seven well known and believable myths of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In The Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest author Restall discusses each of the seven myths that he believes are about the history of the Spanish conquest in seven different chapters expounding upon
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On the other note‚ Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest‚ by Matthew Restall is an excellent example of a secondary source because this book was created at a later time than its noteworthy events. This type of source can be crucial toward the understanding of human history because these are often are
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