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.
It pretty well destroyed the Aztec Empire, and enriched the Spanish.
The Spanish Empire. Prior to them it was the Aztec Empire.
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They wiped out the Aztec but i can't figure out what the other one was!
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.
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 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."
The spanish arrived in tha Aztec year one-reed.
Moctezuma II, the Aztec emperor, was killed during the Spanish conquest led by Hernán Cortés. After initially capturing him and holding him as a hostage to control the Aztec population, tensions escalated between the Spanish and the Aztecs. Following a series of conflicts and a failed attempt by Moctezuma to appease his people, he was ultimately killed, with accounts suggesting he was stoned by his own subjects who saw him as a traitor for cooperating with the invaders. His death marked a significant turning point in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
His name was Montezuma.
The Aztec emperor at the time of the empire's fall was Moctezuma II. He ruled from 1502 until 1520, during which the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico. Moctezuma initially believed Cortés to be a returning god, which ultimately contributed to the downfall of the Aztec Empire. He was captured and died in 1520, shortly before the empire fell to Spanish forces.
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I don't no bro
The Aztec chief Moctezuma II thought the Spanish leader, Hernan Cortes, was the Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl, who promised to return in 1519. Hernan took Moctezuma prisoner, and then the war began.
The Aztecs ruled Mexico when the Spanish conquered it. The Spanish created the Aztec ruins by destroying Aztec culture. No one needed to discover them. Everyone there knew about them since the days when the Spanish killed their makers.
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