Montezuma Research Paper

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Montezuma II also can be spelled as Moctezuma. Montezuma II is the ninth Emperor of the Aztecs. Montezuma II was born 1466 in the capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan and died June 30, 1520. Montezuma had taken serious head injuries when his own warriors hit him with a rock that was shot from a sling. Lots of people believe that Montezuma died from a head injury from the stones, but some people also believed that he could have died from strangling or being stabbed by the Spaniards. Some people even believed that he committed suicide. Montezuma was stoned to death because the Spaniards told Montezuma to tell his tribe to stop fighting but the Aztecs were too angry so they killed Montezuma. I think that it was a mistake for the Aztecs to

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