Aztec Spaniards Analysis

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So like we have to understand there was about a quarter of the amount of spaniards as there were Aztecs. Yeah so the Spaniards were more technologically advanced and ish like they had more, well they had guns, which the Aztecs didn’t… then they also had trained animals such as horses and dogs, and again the aztecs didn’t… Also the spaniards had big ass ships. All of these three weapons scared the Aztecs, adding the element of fear and surprise. They also hit the fucking jackpot when it came to luck like man, they managed to arrive at the same time as a Aztec god was supposed to like damnnn. Then the aztects were convinced that The Spaniards leader, Cortés, was the god, so they didn’t really want to kill him, cause like he was a god. Then Cortés was offered a woman named Malinché who could translate Mayan too Nahuatl (the language spoken by the Aztecs). …show more content…
The Tlaxcan were one of the Vassal States (small states run by the Aztecs) who fucking hated the Aztecs, like they were kinda pissed they had to give the Aztecs money and sacrifices all the fucking time… So all the vassal states that were fed up joined the spaniards in overthrowing the Aztecs. So three of the major things the Spaniards had going for them were luck, better technology and good social

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