The Aztec didn't know about the diseases of the Cortes so the Aztecs got sick and were weak. That made the Cortes stronger and be able to win the conquest.
Hernán Cortés led the conquest of the Aztec.
The Aztec goverment vanished and Cortes brought the Eurupean goverment. Tenochtitlan is now present day Mexico City. The Spanish brought chrirstananity.
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Aztec Emperor Montezuma II believed Hernan Cortes was the god Queztacoaltl, but he was wrong and Cortes took him prisoner and the Aztec Empire fell to Spain.
Montezuma II
the Aztec civilization was destroyed by a spanish conquest lead by hernan Cortes
Hernando Cortes
Montezuma ll
Hernan Cortes
fall of the Aztec Empire
Aztec legends of a returning god, Quetzalcoatl
Cortes relatively easy conquest of Tenochtitlan
Hernan Cortes explored and conquered lands in what is now Mexico, specifically the Aztec Empire. He landed on the Yucatan Peninsula and later marched inland to Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Cortes' exploration and conquest ultimately led to the fall of the Aztec Empire in 1521.
Cortes kept Montezuma as a hostage to exert control over the Aztec people and the empire. By holding their leader captive, Cortes could manipulate and influence Aztec decisions and actions to benefit the Spanish conquest.
No. That was Pizarro who conquered the Incans. Cortes relied on the Quetzalcoatl myth to pass as a God, get close to the Aztec emperor and ultimately betray him and conquer Mexico.
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire in Mexico. He is known for his role in the conquest of the Aztec civilization and for establishing Spanish rule in Mexico.