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Besides his own men who helped cortez conquer the Aztecs?

The Tlaxcalan civilization, who were bitter enemies of the Aztecs. They provided more than 200,000 warriors to conquer Tenochtitlan, and ultimately did on August 13, 1521 at the Fall of Tenochtitlan.


Who conquered the aztecsin Mexico in 1519?

Hernan Cortez came to the Aztec empire in 1519 with about 600 men. In 1520 he led the siege of tenochtitlan and took completely destroyed the city, a city was later rebuilt near tenochtitlan named mexico city, after the mexica people who were what you think of as the aztecs, mexico city became the capital of the state of new spain "mexico" and cortez sailed on, reaching the philippines where he died.


How did Hernando cortez travel?

Cortez traveled with 500 men aboard


What jobs did Hernando Cortez's parents have?

he is good men


What country ended the Aztecs reign?

Cortez and his men brutally killed all of his men.


The center of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was dominated by?

By Cortes and his men the Spanish.


What did Herman Cortez find?

Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, is most notably known for leading the conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. Cortes and his men captured the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan in 1521, leading to the downfall of the empire and the expansion of Spanish rule in the region.


Why did cortez sink his ships?

It encouraged his men to work at succeeding where they landed.


When did hernan Cortez find gold?

Hernan Cortez first encountered gold in the Americas after conquering the Aztec Empire in 1521. The Aztecs possessed vast amounts of gold, which Cortez and his men looted during their conquest.


What did Cortez do to discourage his men from leaving Mexico?

He literally ordered them to burn their ships.


What best describes the factors that enabled cortez to defeat the Aztecs?

Disease , allies and more men


How did 200 spanish soldiers concre the Aztec empire?

since the Aztec were not nice to their native tribes cortez and his 200 men and also the Inca and Mayan ganged up and destroyed them 1 and 2 is that the Aztec want to capture to conquistadors not kill them while the conquistadors mission was to destroy them.