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as regards the role of Malinche in the Spanish conquest begin with its name and its many variants. She was known as Malinche, Malinche or Doña Marina was a Nahua woman the Gulf of Mexico that played an important role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. La Malinche served as interpreter, advisor, and intermediary lover of Hernan Cortés. In 1519, he was one of the twenty slave women given as a tribute to the Spaniards by the Indians of Tabasco, becoming mistress of Cortes and giving…

throughout history specifically for his conquest of the Aztec peoples. Militaristically speaking this was a significant event. Cortes defeated an army 300 times the size of his own and was able to take control of the Aztec capital. Yet, Hernan Cortes is not a celebrated hero in modern day Mexico. Do YOU think Cortes is a hero or villain? Keep in mind this is a complex question. You should not simply say he was a villain because he killed many Aztecs. Your answer needs to be more substantial. You…

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…

Mesoamerica: brilliant architects, pioneers in mathematics and astrometry. However, there are a few words that are hardly ever utter out loud; cannibals and superficial individuals who perform human sacrifice. To our modern society, the practices of the Aztec people may seem a bit strange and a little bit extreme but to the Native people it was a part of their religious practices. If you can imagine it, it would be like trying to explain why the catholic eat the blood and the body of Jesus…

Spanish siege of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán is largely known today because of the written reports by of those who witnessed it. In 1521 the Spanish took over the capital city of Tenochtitlán, resulting in the ultimate demise of the Triple Alliance. Versions of this historical event tend to vary due to the array of perspectives involved. For instance, whereas Spanish solider Bernal Diaz wrote his personal account The conquest of New Spain, multiple Aztec informants, including Aztec historians…

Ancient Maya civilization was an exceptionally sophisticated society located in the Central American nations of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Originating before the year 2000 BCE, Maya civilization thrived as a intelligent and powerful society for over four thousand years until the sixteenth century when Spanish explorers conquered the Maya kingdom and changed the lifestyle of ancient Maya civilization. Luckily, information about ancient Maya civilization can be obtained…

Ancient civilizations in Latin America created the building blocks for a vibrant, diverse region in the future with their athletics, architecture and language. To begin with, the Mayan people created a complex, competitive ball game that shaped the future of sports. They had rules about what body parts to use, where to aim the ball, how to score before the Europeans could create anything more advanced than jousting. Starting place for many modern day sports, the ball game inspired many athletic…

AZTECS FINALLY FALL The person we chose for our biography profile is Hernán Cortés. We studied this person in American History and he interested us a lot so I talked to my partner and he said he liked him too. In the fall of 1518 he was to command his own trip to Mexico, but his boss canceled it. Despite his boss’s orders he went anyway. He left with more than 500 men and 11 ships. So all in all Hernán Cortés is an all around interesting person. Hernán had a winning record.…

victory. The Aztecs were defeated by the Spaniards due to Aztec's tactics by having an open formation thus making them vulnerable. According to Headrick,…

The Cause of the Maya Collapse When the Spaniards arrived in Mesoamerica in the 1500s, only the bones of the once great civilization remained. The Mayans had abandoned what they once had called their home. Although, this disappearance leads to the following question: what had caused the Maya Collapse? The ancient civilization of Maya had collapsed because of political conflicts, war, and drought that had set in Mesoamerica; however, the fall was predominantly due to the overpopulation in Mayan…