This study investigated the religious and technological forces involved in the Spanish conquest of the Mexica by researching and comparing contemporary Mexica and Spanish sources as well as the work of scholars from North America, Central America, and Europe. The combat strategies of the Mexica ...
supported by the governor of Cuba: Diego de Velásquez, soon turned into one of conquest. Driven by the pursuit of gold, glory and god, Cortez was determined to use any means necessary in his desire to conquer one of ancient history’s most prominent civilizations: The Aztecs.…show more ...
How did the Aztecs or Mexica rise in power in Mesoamerica? How did Aztecs build and control their empire? Who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire? What role did conquered peoples play in Incan society? Who conquered the Aztec Empire? What were the main attributes of Incan culture?
The Spanish Conquistadores, fresh from the Reconquista in Spain itself, not only conquered many new lands, they were in the unique position to overthrow a couple of entire civilizations, those of the Aztecs (the Mexica) in Mexico and of the Incas in Peru. That someone would deliberately do ...
The Aztecs were also known asthe Tenochca(from which the name for their capital city, Tenochtitlan, was derived) or the Mexica (the origin of the name of the city that would replace Tenochtitlan, as well as the name for the entire country). ...
” The people of Mexico were loyal to those that they believed to be gods and “when they conquered the Mexica and all belonging to them, we never abandoned them or left them behind in it.” Under Spanish rule many men, women and children were exploited, tortured and murdered. The ...
The Spanish erected a complex colonial system to replace the hierarchical indigenous state systems such as the Mexica-Aztec of central Mexico and Tawantinsuyu in the Andean region. However, conquest and colonization were difficult on the fringes. The primary institution that evolved along the fringes...
of the city-states ofTenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tacuba, centring on the Mexica (Aztec) of Tenochtitlán, dominated central Mexico. The coastal peoples among whom the Spaniards landed, however, had only recently been incorporated in the Aztectributesystem, and they offered the Spaniards no open ...