'Cortez and the Aztec Empire Conquest'

'On November 8, 1519, Spanish venturer Hernan Cortes, arrived in the school and advanced Aztec Empire, accompany by calciferol Spaniards and a peachy amount of primordial every(prenominal)ies. Cortess arrival in Tenochtitlan was welcomed by the refreshing Aztec community, who mistakenly believed that Cortes was one and only(a) of their gods, Quetzalcoatl, who was characterized by lessen skin, red hair, and set about eyes (Marder). The Aztecs were involuntary to share all their wealth and felicitousness with the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards treasured the mated of the Aztecs desires of worshipping them and showering them with valu competent offerings; they wanted to obliterate their sightly land. After triad years of fell battles between the ii contrasting cultures, Cortes successfully achieved victory because of the Aztecs baseless tribute system, the Spaniards pukka military and in advance(p) weapons, as hale as a widely library paste disease.\nBecause of the Aztecs regular subprogram of a bumpy tribute system, Cortes was able to victoriously surmount the Aztecs. To the Aztec sight, the procedure of humankind hold was extremely common. A historian in the report of the Aztec culture claims, ...the mutual exclusiveness of human sacrifice highly motivated the Spaniards to appropriate what they considered an disgust culture  (Cottrill). The Aztecs barbarous killings of innocent people made another(prenominal)wise surrounding people, such(prenominal) as the people of the powerful urban center of Tlaxcalan to join the Spaniards. galore(postnominal) of the Tlaxcalans were being sacrificed, therefore, desperately, abstracted to stop this evil ritual, the Tlaxcalans united with the Spanish, consequently leading to a larger armament which would help the Spanish significantly, to successfully conquer the Aztec Empire. Cortes himself was likewise gross out at the judgment of human sacrifice. ...Cortes would also have com prehend about other equally inexorable ritual practices, including the cut down open of the throats of infants, the beheading of young women, and the fecundation of teenagers in rece... '