Africa, Mali, Spanish, And Aztec Empires In West Africa

Many empires have risen over history. The Empire of Mali, which was founded by Sundiata Keita, was located in West Africa. A prominent country with its location becoming an important trade location by Muslims. The Aztec Empire was founded by Mexica people who later became known as Aztecs. The Aztec Empire was enormous as they ruled most of Mesoamerica and was one of the largest cities of its time. The Spanish Empire is one of the biggest empires to exist. A very politically, economically, and militaristic advanced country. The leaders of these empires. The leaders of the Mali, Spanish, and Aztec empires had different ways of developing power therefore making their cultures vastly different. The leader of the Mali Empire Sundiata, when exiled served other Kings in …show more content…
The areas conquered by the Aztecs paid with human sacrifices and resources while the Aztecs paid taxes. “They prayed me to protect them against that great lord, who held them subject by force and tyranny, and took away their sons, to kill and sacrifice them to their idols; and making many complaints against them.” (6 Cortes), Montezuma the king at the time developed power this way. They conquered around their capital Tenochtitlan and forced the states to send goods and sacrificial spawns for their religious rituals. The essentially developed power through fear. The Aztecs prospered from this tribute system because of all the resources flowing in. The Spanish and Aztec Empires were both conquers but the Aztecs used a tribute system and the Spanish used colonialism. The Aztec and Mali Empires both prospered their goods, but their sources of the goods were different, the Mali prospered through long distance trade and the Aztec prospered through their tribute system. While the three empires shared similar methods regarding prospering through goods and conquering the means by which they acquired goods and land were