Essay On The Aztec Empire

The Aztec Empire was once a powerful force in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica that fell from power during the early 16th century when the Spanish arrived and began conquering the so called New world. This conquest was hastened by their advanced technology and by the introduction of foreign disease’s that the Natives did not have resistance too. What many people don’t consider though is the possibility that the Aztec’s themselves also contributed to their downfall with their own beliefs regarding human sacrifices and the actions they took to ensure it was possible. These sacrifices they held so dear and their action could have harmed them in the end by encouraging the surrounding tribes to ally themselves with the Spanish and by harming their population and military strength. These ritualistic sacrifices the Aztecs performed and believed in played a major role in their downfall during the Spanish conquest of the new world.
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As a result, the sacrificial culture grew and soon began to shape numerous aspects of Aztec culture from civilian lives to military tactics, but this belief was also a weakness for them when the Spanish arrived to the New World. This belief that dominated the Aztec Culture caused issues to emerge when the Spanish arrived as they did not perceive their belief as normal, but instead it was perceived by the Spanish as sinful which fueled their desire to eradicate this sinful culture and save those who could be saved. Alongside that the sacrificial culture also began to cause issues among the natives as many who were subjected by the Aztecs and used as sacrifices sided with the Spanish against the Aztecs, and with all this occurring sacrifices were still being performed which harmed the Aztecs by decreasing their population and by putting their soldiers at risk by attempting to capture Spanish