Greed. Pure greed - he wanted the Aztec gold.
The Spaniards melted down much of the Aztec gold and treasures they found to create coins and other objects. They also sent large quantities of the gold back to Spain to fund the Spanish empire and enrich the Spanish crown. Some of the treasures were kept by conquistadors as well.
The Aztec word for gold is teocuitlatl, which means "excrement of the gods."
Herna'ndo Cort'es was the Spanish conquistador who came to what is now Mexico in 1519. By defeating the Aztec Empire, there was no resistance to Spanish power in that area. He sent whatever gold and other precious minerals back to Spain. He built what is now Mexico City over the ruins of what had been the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
the three ancient civilizations that Spain wiped out were the Aztec, Inca, and Maya.
Yes, Spain wanted gold and silver, they also had heard that the Inca and the Aztec owned many of these desired riche, so they set off to establish a trade with them, only to discover the many inhumane practices both the Aztec and Incas had (cannibalism, human sacrifices, and other cruelties). After this discovery, the Spanish decided, the only way to eliminate these gory practices was to conquer those responsible, the Aztec's and Incas.
The hollow-cast gold turtles and tear-dropped shaped hollow bells came upon Aztec( know known as Mexico) And preformed gold. An Aztec man found the drop of gold and shared it for jewelry.
Hernan Cortes found gold in the Aztec empire by capturing the Aztec ruler Montezuma and looting the Aztec treasury. He also received gold as tribute from other indigenous groups in the region.
the aztec wore fethers and made there cloughts out of gold
from ailens
White gold is an alloy of gold and silver, while Aztec gold was an alloy of gold and copper, also known as "tumbaga". The proportions of gold versus copper varied in different pieces of Aztec gold. Tumbaga then is more similar to rose gold, which is an alloy of roughly 75% gold with 25% copper (although this also may vary).
Spain.