Cortez and the Aztec Empire Conquest

On November 8, 1519, Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes, arrived in the sophisticated and advanced Aztec Empire, come with by 500 Spaniards and a great amount of homegrown allies. Cortess arrival in Tenochtitlan was welcomed by the congenial Aztec people, who mistakenly believed that Cortes was unrivaled of their gods, Quetzalcoatl, who was characterized by light skin, trigger-happy hair, and light eyes (Marder). The Aztecs were impulsive to share all their wealthiness and happiness with the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards wanted the reverse gear of the Aztecs desires of worshipping them and showering them with valu satisfactory offerings; they wanted to extinguish their beautiful land. After threesome years of brutal battles surrounded by the two contrasting cultures, Cortes successfully achieved victory because of the Aztecs savage testimonial system, the Spaniards superior military and in advance(p) weapons, as well as a widely riddle disease.\nBecause of the Aztecs reg ular routine of a harsh tribute system, Cortes was able to victoriously defeat the Aztecs. To the Aztec people, the bit of tender-hearted sacrifice was exceedingly common. A historian in the field of the Aztec culture claims, ...the repugnance of human sacrifice super motivated the Spaniards to conquer what they considered an malefic culture  (Cottrill). The Aztecs brutal killings of candid people made otherwise surrounding people, such as the people of the powerful metropolis of Tlaxcalan to join the Spaniards. Many of the Tlaxcalans were creation sacrificed, therefore, desperately, wanting to stop this uncivilised ritual, the Tlaxcalans united with the Spanish, thus lead story to a larger troops which would help the Spanish significantly, to successfully conquer the Aztec Empire. Cortes himself was also repel at the idea of human sacrifice. ...Cortes would also have comprehend about other evenly gruesome ritual practices, including the slash open of the throats of infants, the beheading of early days women, and the dressing of teenagers in rece...