Monday, December 11, 2017

'Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs'

'The Spanish were more pass on in name of weapons which contributed to the mastery of the Spanish oppression on the Aztec Empire in the late 1500s. The self-assurance the Aztecs gave to the Spanish conquistadors, the diseases brought to the Aztecs and judgment of Aztec culture also led to the Spanish conquistadors to a successful conquest.\nWhen Bernal Castillo and Cortes, along with their soldiers, frontmost arrived to Mexico, they were greeted by Moctezuma (Document 4 and 6). Moctezuma told Cortes and Castillo that his commonwealth ar true(p) people and w shunver they cause heard should be considered as jokes. (Document 4) Cortes answered ..enemies always tell lies roughly the people they hate . One provoke interpret that thither is a doubting relationship amid the devil parties. This enter was written by Castillo and one of Cortess soldier. You earth-closet interpret that they be suspicious with Moctezuma and his people. The written document later explai ns how they course of study to kidnap Moctezuma out front he attacks them. This shows that Spanish conquistadors were able to be nominate early. Document 5 depicts a opposition between Montezuma and Cortes, with Dona Marina as translator to garter build a communication bridge. It seems as though they are trading goods in order to be kept on each others good side. The goods that the Spanish were receiving gave them an motif of what the Aztecs are reliant on. It may have given them ideas on how to conquer their empire. These two documents gave the Spanish an profit to conquering the Aztec empire. An surplus document that would be helpful to scan this is Montezumas first ain reaction when the Spanish first arrived because we may perk if he personally vox populi that the Spanish were up to no good. I would like to learn if he saw the conquest glide path and what plans he had, whether it be to destroy them or actually recrudesce a cordial relationship with them. \nanothe r(prenominal) factor that contributed to the success of the Spanish conquest ...'

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