they believed that the Spanish were the emissaries of the god Quetzalcoatl, who was believed to have been turned into a bearded man. According to their mythology, the Aztecs believed that when Quetzalcoatl left on the Eastern Sea, he vowed to return and reclaim his throne in the year 2 Reed, which in our calender is 1519 AD.
They thought that the Spanish were gods incarnate.
The Aztec were very accepting of the Spanish explorers initially. They believed to have received omens nine years prior to the arrival of the Spanish and expected them to be their protectors.
because they took over and the Aztec people became slaves
It pretty well destroyed the Aztec Empire, and enriched the Spanish.
The Spanish Empire. Prior to them it was the Aztec Empire.
They thought that the Spanish were gods incarnate.
The Aztec emperor during the Spanish conquest was Moctezuma II. He was the ninth tlatoani, or ruler, of the Aztec Empire from 1502 until his death in 1520. Moctezuma II initially welcomed the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés but later became a prisoner in his own palace.
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The Aztec were very accepting of the Spanish explorers initially. They believed to have received omens nine years prior to the arrival of the Spanish and expected them to be their protectors.
The Aztec empire was defeated because the Spanish had more power and money than the Aztecs did
The Aztecs believed the crosses were a symbol of their gods because they associated them with their own religious beliefs. They saw the Spanish as representatives of a powerful deity and embraced them initially as allies.
The Spanish were horrified by the Aztec's "Blood Religion." Long be for they reached the Aztec's capital, the Spanish had heard from other Central American tribes that the Aztec practiced Human sacrifice.This among along with the Spanish own prejudices, were the root causes the brutal treatment of the Aztecs.Source(s):Introduction of Latin American History class and book "Born in Blood & Fire; A concise history of Latin American."
they were able to defeat the inca and the aztec because the spanish had more tecnology such as great guns and they were skilled horse riders. plus they had diseases that wiped out most of them.
The spanish arrived in tha Aztec year one-reed.
because she was unhappy with aztec rule
His name was Montezuma.
the spanish