HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Quetzalcoatl, Smallpox
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Conquistadors, searched the americas for gold and precious gems. Spanish fortune hunters: hernan cortes was one of the earliest, and most successful, of the conquistadors. Cortes conquered the aztecs: cortes decided to wage war on the aztecs (first attempt) Horses, steel swords, steel armor, crossbows, and light artillery. Cortes" native american female slave (malinche, aka marina) A. 1. b. i. explained that aztecs were the most feared and hated by most of the people they ruled. A. 1. b. iii. used montezuma"s fears of the coming of quetzalcoatl against montezuma. Montezuma welcomed them as honored guests, believing c as quetzalcoatl (for. Cortes arrived in the exact same year that they expected the god to arrive) His fear of cortes being a god led to the fall of the aztecs. After many days of sight-seeing, spaniards took m prisoner. Despite this success, one of his lieutenants interfered with an aztec ceremony and caused them to break out against the spaniards.
