Cortez and the Aztec Empire Conquest

On November 8, 1519, Spanish adventurer Hernan Cortes, arrived in the sophisticated and travel Aztec Empire, accompanied by cholecalciferol Spaniards and a great add up of native totallyies. Cortess arrival in Tenochtitlan was welcomed by the congenial Aztec people, who erroneously believed that Cortes was one of their gods, Quetzalcoatl, who was characterized by high spirits skin, red hair, and light look (Marder). The Aztecs were willing to share all their wealth and happiness with the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards treasured the opposite of the Aztecs desires of worshipping them and showering them with valuable offerings; they wanted to obliterate their beautiful land. subsequently three years of deplorable battles between the two tell refinements, Cortes successfully achieved victory because of the Aztecs atrocious bonus system, the Spaniards superior armed forces and innovative weapons, as swell up as a widely spread disease.\nBecause of the Aztecs regular usage of a harsh tribute system, Cortes was able to victoriously vanquish the Aztecs. To the Aztec people, the procedure of human alienate was extremely common. A historian in the field of the Aztec culture claims, ...the horror of human give up highly motivated the Spaniards to chastise what they considered an evil culture  (Cottrill). The Aztecs roughshod killings of innocent people do new(prenominal) surrounding people, such(prenominal) as the people of the mighty city of Tlaxcalan to join the Spaniards. galore(postnominal) of the Tlaxcalans were being sacrificed, therefore, desperately, wanting to closure this cruel ritual, the Tlaxcalans united with the Spanish, therefore leading to a big army which would help the Spanish significantly, to successfully conquer the Aztec Empire. Cortes himself was in addition disgusted at the subject of human sacrifice. ...Cortes would also call for heard about other equally gruesome ritual practices, including the slashing op en of the throats of infants, the decapitate of young women, and the dressing of teenagers in rece...