Some of the factors the influences the triumph of Cortes over Moctezuma was the Aztec’s own beliefs and enemies which Cortes used to his advantage. For instance, Cortes arrival in Mexico coincided with one of the prophecies the Aztecs had about the god Quetzalcoatl returning during that time. Moctezuma thought that Cortes was Quetzalcoatl so greeted him with gifts and great honor. Since the Aztec people had never seen light-skin people and people riding on horses they were astonish by this great features and intimidated by them. Additionally, Cortes also took advantage of nearby enemies the Aztecs had in order to get to know the weaknesses of the Aztecs and they use this tribe as allies in order to plan their attack on Tenochtitlan, the Aztec’s
