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The key to the Spanish conquest was a combination of superior military technology, strategic alliances, and the exploitation of internal divisions among Indigenous peoples. Spanish conquistadors, armed with firearms and steel weapons, were able to defeat larger Indigenous forces. Additionally, figures like Hernán Cortés leveraged rivalries among Indigenous groups, such as the Tlaxcalans’ enmity with the Aztecs, to form alliances that facilitated their conquests. Lastly, the impact of European diseases, which decimated Indigenous populations, significantly weakened resistance to Spanish rule.

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