Conquest Of Mexico
The conquest of Mexico, we are all aware of how it happened. How Cortes and his men defeated the indigenous peoples and claimed the area for Spain. We know this through Spanish documents and writings, we also know this through indigenous people accounts. Using the book The Broken Spears we get an account from the indigenous people of Latin America which details Cortes' march upon Tenochtitlan from a native point of view. This first hand information turns another spotlight on an event which helped to shape the world in which we now live. The account tells of various reasons for the defeat of the Aztec people, most of which we are familiar, superior Spanish technology, disease and the political alliances, or lack there of, amongst the indigenous peoples. Through this indigenous record however, I believe the true reason for the defeat of the proud Aztec empire, the incompetence of the Aztec leadership, especially Motecuhzoma the Second. In this paper I will show using the information......
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