Dating all the way back between the 1400’s and 1500’s in Mexico lived the Aztecs who were American Indians; one of the largest Indian nations that ever existed. They were responsible for the building of towering temples, the creation of sculptures, and held ceremonies to worship god. Legend says that in 1000AD, the Aztecs left their mythic, island home of Aztlan in the desert frontier of northern Mexico to begin their 100 year migration south to the Valley of Mexico in which they now live in. They managed to form an Empire from a simple hunter-gatherer group. They were fierce warrior’s pragmatic builders who ruthlessly created an empire in the fifteenth century, an empire that was only surpassed in size by the Incas in Peru. In the Aztec
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One of them included their ritual sacrifice in more than just one way. It all began with “the killing of thousands of people, whether it be you or your neighbor, they simply weren’t good enough for a society. (Aztec History) Due to their many sacrifices, many people hated one another even though the sacrifice had been around for a very long time. Many of the people from Tlaxcala lost loved ones due to the sacrifice and that’s when they chose to fight alongside the Spaniards. Another reason to the fall of the empire was because of diseases. When Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes first landed in Mexico, a Spanish Army from Cuba came along to make sure Cortes was following the orders given. Along with that Spanish army cam an African American who was being held as a slave with a very contagious disease known as small pox. It then got in contact with one of Cortes men and he brought it back to the Aztecs. The disease then quickly spread bringing the population down with no way of knowing how to treat …show more content…
Throughout that time, Cortes managed to sink all but one small vessel and moves to Tlaxcala. On November 8, 1519, Cortes decided to take charge to make some changes by wanting tribute to a few of the Roman Catholic shrines that would replace the Aztec gods. Cortes also defeats a rival Spanish army in which whichever soldiers were left joined Cortes in his army. The Aztec then receives a new Emperor named Cuitlahuac as the Spanish begin to revolt from the city. Finally, on August 13, 1521the newest emperor Cuauhtemoc surrenders to Cortes which was the fall of the
One of them included their ritual sacrifice in more than just one way. It all began with “the killing of thousands of people, whether it be you or your neighbor, they simply weren’t good enough for a society. (Aztec History) Due to their many sacrifices, many people hated one another even though the sacrifice had been around for a very long time. Many of the people from Tlaxcala lost loved ones due to the sacrifice and that’s when they chose to fight alongside the Spaniards. Another reason to the fall of the empire was because of diseases. When Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes first landed in Mexico, a Spanish Army from Cuba came along to make sure Cortes was following the orders given. Along with that Spanish army cam an African American who was being held as a slave with a very contagious disease known as small pox. It then got in contact with one of Cortes men and he brought it back to the Aztecs. The disease then quickly spread bringing the population down with no way of knowing how to treat …show more content…
Throughout that time, Cortes managed to sink all but one small vessel and moves to Tlaxcala. On November 8, 1519, Cortes decided to take charge to make some changes by wanting tribute to a few of the Roman Catholic shrines that would replace the Aztec gods. Cortes also defeats a rival Spanish army in which whichever soldiers were left joined Cortes in his army. The Aztec then receives a new Emperor named Cuitlahuac as the Spanish begin to revolt from the city. Finally, on August 13, 1521the newest emperor Cuauhtemoc surrenders to Cortes which was the fall of the