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Conquistadors
For God, Glory and Gold, was their rallying cry, but the conquest of much of the New World by Spanish conquistadors, driven by a mentality reminiscent of the medieval crusaders, was surely one of history's turning points, but even in the 16th century, questions were asked about the morality of their exploits.
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Hernan Cortes destroyed what powerful empire?
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztec Empire. He enacted a war of attrition on the people in the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
What route did Francisco Pizarro take?
he went around Africa then had in asisa then he whent and killed his queen and her body
Were the Spanish Conquistadors evil?
This question can be answered with a yes and a no.
To our way of thinking today, they were evil.
However, the mindset of a conquistador was complete different, they were brought up to think that the natives they encountered were heathens, infidels, savages, one step above an animal, to be brought into the Christian fold, or made to suffer if they did not.
So according to their way of life, no they were not evil.
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish explorer who is famous mainly for his march across Mexico and his conquering of the Aztec Empire in Mexico. Hernando Cortes was under the command of a man called Quintero.
