Hernán Cortés

The Mask of Zorro Alejandro Murrieta is one of the main characters in the movie “The Mask of Zorro”. He becomes Diego De La Vega’s replacement as the legendary hero. With mask and sword, the new Zorro tries to stop Don Rafael's plot to buy California, bring justice to the people suffering by Spanish avarice, and win the heart of Diego's daughter named Elena. Alejandro carry the qualities of being tenacious, fearless, and loyal which advantage his victory. Tenacity is another quality of Zorro.…

On November 8, 1519 Hernan Cortez arrived in the city of Mexico joined by six hundred Spaniards and an extraordinary measure of local natives. Cortez's landing in Mexico City was invited by the agreeable Aztec tribe, who made the mistake to trusted that Cortez was one of their divine beings, Quetzalcoatl, who was described by light skin, red hair, and light eyes. They were willing to impart all their riches and joy to the Spaniards, yet the Spaniards needed more than what the Aztecs were willing…

Symbol of Justice In Mamoulian’s The Mark of Zorro, Don Diego Vega, is known for being the best swordsmen in Spain. Don was urgently was called home by his father, Don Alejandro, which was removed from being alcade by the trant, Don Luis Quintero along with his army. Don Diego came home and figured out what happened to his town while he was away. Diego turned into a masked bandit named Zorro to threat the corrupted government to stop their ways with a note marked with a Z. Diego planned to go…

reality cities and those that were just in the imaginations of people. The explorers that fell for the myths were mainly those that had an earlier experience of conquering some of those vibrant cities, especially in America. “Such explorers included Hernan Cortes as he had previously engaged in the capturing of several cities including the empire of Montezuma.” It was, therefore, difficult for him to fathom that the city would exist only in dreams; therefore, the consistency efforts of looking…

In the Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, the narrator an griot, “...the counsellors of kings,they conserved the constitutions of kingdoms by memory work alone..(Sundiata pg.xxiii)”, Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate, begins with the mention of the King, “ Maghan Kon Fatta… father of the great Sundiata, which had three wives and six children…(Sun.Pg.3)”. The King did rule with one single wife, not being in a monogamous relationship was not emphasized by griot, although having wive means the believe of sanctity…

1. War does not come without consequences. When battle is used as the final option to reach a conclusion, there are both hidden and obvious costs. The obvious costs include casualties, financial costs, and political reform. The hidden costs, however, can be much subtler and have the same magnitude of impact. There are hidden costs for every conflict studied thus far in the course. In Agincourt, the "commonplace character of violence in medieval life" was furthered by the battle (Keegan 116).…

The Aztec Civilization, Inca Civilization, and the Chinese Empire Mesoamerica presents one of the most interesting civilizations of all time. There are several outstanding civilizations in this group, but the Inca and the Aztec civilizations are arguably the most interesting of the Mesoamerican civilizations. Although in the same group, the Inca and Aztec civilizations before the Spanish invasion bear sharp and definitive differences. Nonetheless, they have many unique features that contrast or…

Since the 16th century, many drastic changes in history have occurred, especially statuses of women throughout the world. From the Aztec Empire to modern day, women have changed in clothing, lifestyles and occupations. In modern day, they now have more opportunities, equality and rights that they could express and be proud of. However, it was not easy for them to be where they are today. Women mainly sacrificed their time and lost their lives in order to fight for what they wanted. For many…

north Mexico. There first ruler was Acamapichtli. At this time, Tlaxcalans went to war with Montezuma II. The empires controlled a lot of people 11,000,000. Francisco Hernandez De Cortes was the first european tourist; mexican territories. March 1519, Cortes landed at the town of Tabasco. Beyond, that cortes marched into mexico with 400 soldiers. Aztecs got defeated by Tlocalo and Huejotzingo in 1515 ce. Acholha region and Azcapotzalco went to war. They had a mystical land it looked…

Miguel Hidalgo (Hidalgo) was a foremost a man, and secondly a priest. He did not like to be controlled by outside forces, but forcibly conceded to working under the watchful eye of the Catholic Church. Through this Hidalgo was presented with many conflicting ideas regarding the importance of faith of which the standards were set by the Catholic Church, and reason, which was influenced, by the ideas of the Enlightenment. Hidalgo, the historical character is presented as being someone who saw…