The Azetcs were a great civilisation who lived in large parts of Mesoamerica now Mexico.
Their capital was Tenochtitlan(now the location of Mexico City), situated on Lake Texcoco. The Aztec Empire was a tribute empire, which extended its power throughout Mesoamerica. It originated in 1427 as a triple-alliance between the city-states Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan who allied to defeat the Tepanec state of Azcapotzalco. The greatest ruler of the Aztec empire was The Moctezuma II. He united the Mexico basin. But downfall of the Aztecs came because of him.
Hernán Cortés a Spanish Conquistador, had heard about big cities made up of gold and gems arrived on the Mexico soil and executed a successful strategy of allying with some indigenous people against others. He used a native woman, Doña Marina, as an interpreter. He was a fugitive, punished for mutiny against the king who ran away and came to the mexico basin.
As Aztecs had never seen people with yellow hair, white skin and horses, Moctezuma thought Hernán Cortés as the sun god and thus invited him to his city Tenochtitlan. The Spanish seized this opportunity and captured Moctezuma and ruled through him for months, raiding the big temples, scratching the gold from the walls and melting the gold idols.
Cortés left Tenochtitlan to return to the coast and deal with the expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez, he left his trusted men in charge .His men allowed a significant Aztec feast to be celebrated in Tenochtitlan and closed off the square and massacred the celebrating Aztec noblemen.This massacre at the Main Temple of Tenochtitlan precipitated rebellion by the population of the city. When the captured emperor Moctezuma II, now seen as a mere puppet of the invading Spaniards, attempted to calm the outraged populace, he was killed by a projectile. Cortés, who by then had returned to Tenochtitlan, and his men had to fight their way out of the capital city . However, the Spanish and Tlaxcalans returned with reinforcements and a siege led to the fall of Tenochtitlan a year later on August 13, 1521.
After that almost all the Aztec people died because of poor living conditions or diseases brought by the Spaniards.
Greed of one civilisation led to the fall and death of the other civilisation.
Their capital was Tenochtitlan(now the location of Mexico City), situated on Lake Texcoco. The Aztec Empire was a tribute empire, which extended its power throughout Mesoamerica. It originated in 1427 as a triple-alliance between the city-states Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan who allied to defeat the Tepanec state of Azcapotzalco. The greatest ruler of the Aztec empire was The Moctezuma II. He united the Mexico basin. But downfall of the Aztecs came because of him.
Hernán Cortés a Spanish Conquistador, had heard about big cities made up of gold and gems arrived on the Mexico soil and executed a successful strategy of allying with some indigenous people against others. He used a native woman, Doña Marina, as an interpreter. He was a fugitive, punished for mutiny against the king who ran away and came to the mexico basin.
As Aztecs had never seen people with yellow hair, white skin and horses, Moctezuma thought Hernán Cortés as the sun god and thus invited him to his city Tenochtitlan. The Spanish seized this opportunity and captured Moctezuma and ruled through him for months, raiding the big temples, scratching the gold from the walls and melting the gold idols.
Cortés left Tenochtitlan to return to the coast and deal with the expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez, he left his trusted men in charge .His men allowed a significant Aztec feast to be celebrated in Tenochtitlan and closed off the square and massacred the celebrating Aztec noblemen.This massacre at the Main Temple of Tenochtitlan precipitated rebellion by the population of the city. When the captured emperor Moctezuma II, now seen as a mere puppet of the invading Spaniards, attempted to calm the outraged populace, he was killed by a projectile. Cortés, who by then had returned to Tenochtitlan, and his men had to fight their way out of the capital city . However, the Spanish and Tlaxcalans returned with reinforcements and a siege led to the fall of Tenochtitlan a year later on August 13, 1521.
After that almost all the Aztec people died because of poor living conditions or diseases brought by the Spaniards.
Greed of one civilisation led to the fall and death of the other civilisation.
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