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What had the Aztecs prophets said would happen the year Cortes came?
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White men would come and destroy the population of the Aztecs.
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What was the reaction of the Maya and Aztecs to Hernan Cortes's attack?
THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED BUT THE AZTECS WERE EXPECTING IT because the Aztecs thought a god would attack on the day Hernando cortes showed up
What was Hernando Cortes job?
he would jump in the lake ever morning and kill Aztecs for $1000000 an hour
What area did hernan Cortes influence?
Well I would say the central Mesoamericanregion, because that's where the Aztecs were.
What is an interesting fact about hernando cortes?
When Cortes got to Mexico, he tricked the Aztecs into giving him gold. They gave him plenty of gold because they hoped that they would leave. Then, Hernando Cortes heard about a new tribe coming called the Tlaxcalan. They left Tenochtitlan to capture them. They did. On their way back to Tenochtitlan, Velasquez was coming for Cortes to arrest him. They defeated them and used the remains of the armies to capture Montezuma (their King) and made him talk to the Aztecs. The Aztecs were angry and killed Montezuma. The conquistadors had a war with the Aztecs. The Aztecs lost the war and was defeated. Then Cortes left for California.
Did Hernando de Soto take over the Aztecs?
=No, but Hernando Cortes did. The Aztecs believed in a god called Quetzalcoatl, who would come back to them from beyond the sea. They thought of him having pale skin and dark hair. When Cortes came in a ship and had fair skin and dark hair, they thought he was Quetzalcoatl, and immediately bowed down to him. This and Cortes' horses and weapons helped him conquer the Aztecs.=
The Aztecs welcomed who with open arms because they thought he was a God?
The Aztecs welcomed Hernan Cortes because they believed he was the god Quetzalcoatl. There was a prophecy that this god would return one day, and Cortes' arrival in 1519 coincided with the time frame of this prediction.
Montezuma and the Aztecs believed Cortes was the ancient Aztec god .?
Hernan Cortes claimed that the Aztecs believed that he was either the emissary of the feathered serpent god Quetzlcoatl or the god himself.
Was there a period when Aztecs had a lot of power money food or trade?
Before the arrival of the Europeans (and Cortes), but Aztecs ruled nearly all of Mexico. They had several slave cities that they maintained under their rule and were a very powerful society. Had the Aztecs not believed Cortes and his men to be gods and not have been killed by diseases, it is possible that they could have defeated Cortes -- though they probably would not have survived a subsequent counter-attack if Spain were to send it.
What Native American did Hernando Cortes interact with?
He befriended the Tlaxcalans and attacked the Aztecs.
Who killed the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes and his group killed the Aztecs because the refused to belive in christ ,becaues they belived in many gods and goddeness. Also, As they explored Aztecs City, they would rape and kill people to get to the emporer, who they too, murdered brutally.
What land did Hernando Cortes explored?
Hernando Cortes explored Mexico. Particularly the Mexican Plateau, where the land is flat, and there are many minerals. This was also the land inhabited by the Aztecs, the indigenous people of Central Mexico. The Aztecs had a huge empire that was very complex for the time. People paid "taxes" to the "government" in return for many benefits of being part of the Aztec empire, such as going to school. The Aztecs had a very large army with spears and big sticks they used a clubs, and Hernando Cortes had only one or two hundred men with him, and defeated the mighty Aztecs because his men had swords and guns, which are much more effective. There are many long-term effects of this, and they are that they speak Spanish in Mexico, and their religion is mainly Roman Catholic. If Hernando Cortes had not conquered the Aztecs, people in Mexico would probably speak the Nahuatl language, the language of the Aztecs, and the people would be the religion of the Aztecs, but I am not sure what that is called.
Who were the first Europeans to meet the Aztecs?
The Spanish explorers, led by Hernan Cortes arrived at Tenochtitlán, the city of the enemies of the Aztecin 1519. They allied and attacked the Aztecs in 1520. Hernan Cortes and his Spanish party were sent from Cuba. Cortes had convinced the Spanish monarchy that the Aztecs held vast amounts of easily accessible gold and that he would bring it for the King in return for being allowed to become governor of any new government in the region. Although only a small group, Cortes played the Native tribes against one-another and brought disease which crippled the local populations. Cortes eventually arrived in the capital to meet Montezuma, the leader of the Aztecs, when he and his allies attacked the leader and captured the city.
