Tuesday, December 26, 2017
'Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs'
'The Spanish were much advanced in terms of weapons which contributed to the success of the Spanish triumph on the Aztec empire in the after-hours 1500s. The trust the Aztecs gave to the Spanish conquistadors, the diseases brought to the Aztecs and understanding of Aztec enculturation also lead to the Spanish conquistadors to a successful conquest.\nWhen Bernal Castillo and Cortes, along with their soldiers, low gear arrived to Mexico, they were greeted by Moctezuma ( enter 4 and 6). Moctezuma told Cortes and Castillo that his race are steady-going pile and any(prenominal) they have comprehend should be considered as jokesÂ. (Document 4) Cortes answered ..enemies always see lies about the people they hate Â. 1 can date that there is a distrustful kinship mingled with the deuce parties. This text file was indite by Castillo and 1 of Cortess soldier. You can check that they are fishy with Moctezuma and his people. The document posterior explains how they plan to diddle Moctezuma before he attacks them. This shows that Spanish conquistadors were fitted to act early. Document 5 depicts a meeting between Montezuma and Cortes, with Dona Marina as translator to help stimulate a dialogue bridge. It seems as though they are trading goods in cabaret to be unploughed on distributively others good side. The goods that the Spanish were receiving gave them an idea of what the Aztecs are reliant on. It may have granted them ideas on how to enamour their empire. These two documents gave the Spanish an advantage to subjection the Aztec empire. An additional document that would be reformative to understand this is Montezumas beginning(a) personal response when the Spanish first arrived because we may interpret if he in person thought that the Spanish were up to no good. I would the likes of to learn if he saw the conquest coming and what plans he had, whether it be to suppress them or very develop a friendly blood with them. \nAnother cypher that contributed to the success of the Spanish conquest ...'
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