Throughout the centuries on Earth, Great Empires expanding mass amounts of territory have arisen, and crumbled in the forms of the Persian Empire, Roman Empire, Han Dynasty, Mongolian Empire, and the Aztec Empire only to falter to the test of time. All great Empires are formed by having a distinctive advantage over their neighbours whether it be in military tactics, or technologies that allowed them to exploit the weaknesses of their rivals. The Mexica were a religious and militaristic society, causing their warriors to be extremely skilled in combat, allowing them to vigorously expand, and subjugate kingdoms in the Mexico Valley in their constant need of captives for sacrifice, and allowing them to sustain their warrior class system. The Fall
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The Mexica were able to become the dominant power in the Mexico Valley through the formation of the Triple Alliance, which is also coincided with a fundamental change to their society by putting Huitzilopochtli at the top, and creating a warrior class who were his servants on Earth. The calendar cycle, and Huitzilopochtli played a major role in Mexica Culture as they needed constant bloodshed to refill the energy of the Universe especially during a downturn in the cycle causing constant wars of expansion for sacrifices, and rapid growth of their warrior class. The Aztec Empire’s war of expansion are successful, but they also created a certain amount of issues within the Empire as now they have all these subjugated kingdoms in their Empire, who need to be maintained through sheer force, and fear of the Aztecs demanding more Tribute in terms of sacrifice, while also creating stagnation in the wealth of the Warrior Class as the potential conquests are far away from the Capital resulting in the growing dissension within the Aztec Empire. The differences between the Mexica, and Hernan Cortes in terms of culture, and worldview would bring conflict in which Cortes would use the internal strife within the Empire to his …show more content…
The Plight of Smallpox in the Aztec Empire was the conquistadors primary benefactor in their conquest of the Aztec Empire because of the effect it had on the population of the area “50 percent, probably ranging beyond 75 percent, and even topping 90 percent in some large regions”. Smallpox caused a considerable weakening of the warrior class, and workforce of the Aztec Empire which is needed to maintain, and stabilize a vast Empire of subjugated Kingdoms who were in need of constant punishment through the tribute system. The newly brought diseases to the Mexico Valley affected the senior leadership of the Aztec Empire which would’ve decreased the organization levels, morale, and overall effectiveness of the Aztec Military. “Mexicans who fell victim to this pestilence was Lord Cuitlahuactzin, who they elected a little earlier. Many leaders, Many Veteran Soldiers, and valiant men who were their defense in time of war, also died”. These are millions of individuals, who the Conquistadors were able to bypass in their subjugation of the Aztec Empire, and Mexico Valley as a whole who would have delayed, if not prevented the fall of the Aztec Empire, and the Mexico Valley in its
The Mexica were able to become the dominant power in the Mexico Valley through the formation of the Triple Alliance, which is also coincided with a fundamental change to their society by putting Huitzilopochtli at the top, and creating a warrior class who were his servants on Earth. The calendar cycle, and Huitzilopochtli played a major role in Mexica Culture as they needed constant bloodshed to refill the energy of the Universe especially during a downturn in the cycle causing constant wars of expansion for sacrifices, and rapid growth of their warrior class. The Aztec Empire’s war of expansion are successful, but they also created a certain amount of issues within the Empire as now they have all these subjugated kingdoms in their Empire, who need to be maintained through sheer force, and fear of the Aztecs demanding more Tribute in terms of sacrifice, while also creating stagnation in the wealth of the Warrior Class as the potential conquests are far away from the Capital resulting in the growing dissension within the Aztec Empire. The differences between the Mexica, and Hernan Cortes in terms of culture, and worldview would bring conflict in which Cortes would use the internal strife within the Empire to his …show more content…
The Plight of Smallpox in the Aztec Empire was the conquistadors primary benefactor in their conquest of the Aztec Empire because of the effect it had on the population of the area “50 percent, probably ranging beyond 75 percent, and even topping 90 percent in some large regions”. Smallpox caused a considerable weakening of the warrior class, and workforce of the Aztec Empire which is needed to maintain, and stabilize a vast Empire of subjugated Kingdoms who were in need of constant punishment through the tribute system. The newly brought diseases to the Mexico Valley affected the senior leadership of the Aztec Empire which would’ve decreased the organization levels, morale, and overall effectiveness of the Aztec Military. “Mexicans who fell victim to this pestilence was Lord Cuitlahuactzin, who they elected a little earlier. Many leaders, Many Veteran Soldiers, and valiant men who were their defense in time of war, also died”. These are millions of individuals, who the Conquistadors were able to bypass in their subjugation of the Aztec Empire, and Mexico Valley as a whole who would have delayed, if not prevented the fall of the Aztec Empire, and the Mexico Valley in its