Aztecs Spanish Conquest
Submitted by eagle2011 on April 6, 2011
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Aztecs Spanish Conquest
The Aztecs were the most powerful empire in all of the New World. For hundreds of years, their empire dominated all other tribes, giving themselves more and more power. It took a great amount of luck and leadership to defeat the powerful Aztecs. Hernan Cortes, led by his desire for gold, took on the Aztecs and succeeded. Pride, diseases, weaponry, unity, and trickery from the Spanish all helped to bring the Aztecs to an end.
Hernan Cortes was the man who brought down the Aztec empire. He was born in Medellin, Spain in 1485 to Martin Cortes de Monroy, and Dona Catalina Pizarro Altamirano. He attended the University of Salamanca to study law, but showed little interest in books. He...
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