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The Aztecs (and the Conquistadors)

The Aztecs How did the empire begin? Social Political Religious Intellectual Technological Economic

Tenochtitlan

The Conquistadors Soldiers and explorers who came after Columbus Motivations – God! – Gold! – Glory!

Hernan Cortés Spanish conquistador Allied with other native groups on march to Tenochtitlan

Moctezuma II (Aztec Emperor) and Hernan Cortés Moctezuma II received Cortés – Quetzalcoatl or intimidation? – Presented gold and other gifts Moctezuma was eventually killed, and despite resistance, Cortés conquered Tenochtitlan

Discuss How would the world be different today if the Spanish had only destroyed the Aztec religion and its emphasis on human sacrifice, but allowed the Aztec Empire and Tenochtitlan to remain as they were before 1519? Karl Marx said that the Spanish conquest of the Americas was the “greatest event in the history of the world.”