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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs

The Spanish were more advanced in terms of weapons which contributed to the success of the Spanish conquering on the Aztec imperium in the late 1500s. The swan the Aztecs gave to the Spanish conquistadors, the diseases brought to the Aztecs and understanding of Aztec culture also led to the Spanish conquistadors to a successful seduction.\nWhen Bernal Castillo and Cortes, on with their soldiers, stolon arrived to Mexico, they were greeted by Moctezuma (Document 4 and 6). Moctezuma told Cortes and Castillo that his people are effectual people and whatever they pick out heard should be considered as jokes. (Document 4) Cortes answered ..enemies always tell lies near the people they hate . whiz can interpret that in that respect is a distrustful human relationship amidst the cardinal parties. This schedule was written by Castillo and atomic number 53 of Cortess soldier. You can interpret that they are suspicious with Moctezuma and his people. The document after exp lains how they plan to kidnap Moctezuma forrader he attacks them. This shows that Spanish conquistadors were adapted to act early. Document 5 depicts a meeting between Montezuma and Cortes, with Dona Marina as translator to supporter build a converse bridge. It seems as though they are trading goods in bon ton to be kept on each others good side. The goods that the Spanish were receiving gave them an idea of what the Aztecs are dependent on. It may have addicted them ideas on how to conquer their empire. These two documents gave the Spanish an advantage to moderate the Aztec empire. An additional document that would be helpful to understand this is Montezumas first personal reaction when the Spanish first arrived because we may construe if he personally opinion that the Spanish were up to no good. I would like to necessitate if he saw the conquest coming and what plans he had, whether it be to destroy them or in reality develop a friendly relationship with them.\nAnothe r broker that contributed to the success of the Spanish conquest ...

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