They didn't, but local tribes under the control of the Aztecs did. For example the Tlaxcala, they helped Cotes because they hated the Aztecs because they always used them as sacrifices.
they thought he was a god because he had horses guns etc *Cortes had also made allies with the enemies of the Aztecs, Tlaxcala.
The meeting between the Aztecs and Cortez didn't go very well. As you may already know Cortez befriended the Aztecs because they thought he was a holy God. He left the city and when he returned he realized his men had killed all of the Aztecs due to some religious ritual. I think that if he had been there he would have stopped his men from killing the Aztecs, but that is just my opinion. So in conclusion the meeting between the Aztecs and Cortez went horribly wrong; in result many innocent people died.
Cortez beat the Aztecs by good luck and a fortuitous timing.There is often a "superior white people" argument that the Spainish technology/warrior skills or the fear of the return of Quetzalcoatl or even the "magic" of men on horses defeated the Aztec..These suppositions are being supplanted by data showing the Aztec land were having a mega drought reducing food supplies, weakening the people and making them easy victims for foreign diseases. The reduced population of sick and starving people were easily defeated.
The Aztecs were sacrificing their people, which caused other native tribes to help Cortez.
Smallpox and hunger killed more people than actual battles.
Although the Aztecs had more people, Hernan Cortez had better weapons. Smallpox killed many natives and Cortez used other rival tribes to defeat the Aztecs
Allies helped Cortez because the Aztecs wanted a heavy tribute and they also were going around, taking random people from tribes to sacrifice to their gods, so the allies wanted to stop this.
Allies helped Cortez because the Aztecs wanted a heavy tribute and they also were going around, taking random people from tribes to sacrifice to their gods, so the allies wanted to stop this.
they thought he was a god because he had horses guns etc *Cortes had also made allies with the enemies of the Aztecs, Tlaxcala.
He conquered them, with the aid of smallpox and a few thousand Tlaxcalan warriors (sworn enemies of the Aztecs).
The meeting between the Aztecs and Cortez didn't go very well. As you may already know Cortez befriended the Aztecs because they thought he was a holy God. He left the city and when he returned he realized his men had killed all of the Aztecs due to some religious ritual. I think that if he had been there he would have stopped his men from killing the Aztecs, but that is just my opinion. So in conclusion the meeting between the Aztecs and Cortez went horribly wrong; in result many innocent people died.
Smallpox and hunger killed more people than actual battles the Aztecs had.
Cortez beat the Aztecs by good luck and a fortuitous timing.There is often a "superior white people" argument that the Spainish technology/warrior skills or the fear of the return of Quetzalcoatl or even the "magic" of men on horses defeated the Aztec..These suppositions are being supplanted by data showing the Aztec land were having a mega drought reducing food supplies, weakening the people and making them easy victims for foreign diseases. The reduced population of sick and starving people were easily defeated.
Cortez beat the Aztecs by good luck and a fortuitous timing.There is often a "superior white people" argument that the Spainish technology/warrior skills or the fear of the return of Quetzalcoatl or even the "magic" of men on horses defeated the Aztec..These suppositions are being supplanted by data showing the Aztec land were having a mega drought reducing food supplies, weakening the people and making them easy victims for foreign diseases. The reduced population of sick and starving people were easily defeated.
The Aztecs were sacrificing their people, which caused other native tribes to help Cortez.
Cortez beat the Aztecs by a combination of good luck and a fortuitous timing.There is often a "superior white people" argument that the Spainish technology/warrior skills or the fear of the return of Quetzalcoatl or even the "magic" of men on horses defeated the Aztec..These suppositions are being supplanted by data showing the Aztec land were having a mega drought reducing food supplies, weakening the people and making them easy victims for foreign diseases. The reduced population of sick and starving people were easily defeated.
Smallpox and hunger killed more people than actual battles.