Hernan Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Tenochtitlan
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my presentation on the spanish conquer of the Aztec empire,
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I will be covering Hernan Cortez Montezuma and the fall
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of Tanak Dylan earning Cortez, Who is he?
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Hernan Cortes was born in Magellan, a small village in
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1485. Cortes had gone to school for a law career
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but dropped out of school.
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He wanted a life of action and adventure since he
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was fascinated with the idea of gold and riches in
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the new world.
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In 1504 he made his first voyage on a ship
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to Santo Domingo Hispaniola.
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Yeah. His purpose for many instances.
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In order to be approved to go on a voyage,
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you would have to do it to help out your
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own country.
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Spain was looking to seize new lands and gain wealth
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by finding gold and other precious metals.
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Cortez especially was greedy and had a lust for riches.
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Many east adores.
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We're looking at converting the native peoples to Christianity or
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come on Catholicism.
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Yeah, true, true Spanish Voyages in 1519, Hernan Cortes left
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Cuba with about 600 men and set out for the
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Yucatan region of Mexico.
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He first arrived in Cozumel and began to explore the
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land for colonial colonization.
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He encountered natives and their large pyramid.
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He noticed the bloodstains and human remains and learned that
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this pyramid was used for human sacrifices to their gods
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appalled. Cortes began his efforts to convert the natives to
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Christianity. He tore down their idols and replaced them a
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crosses and statues of the virgin mary.
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Cortez relied on native translators and guides to communicate with
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the natives and travel the land.
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Soon after, Cortes and his men sailed on and landed
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at Tabasco.
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Here, Cortes and his men clashed with the natives.
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on 25 March 1519 in the*** La Valley.
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The two sides fought in a battle known as the
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Battle of Chinantla.
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The natives were no match for the spanish soldiers, weaponry
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and armor.
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800 to Baskins were killed.
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Only two Spanish men were killed.
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The to Baskins pledged their loyalty to Spain and gave
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Cortez gold and slave women, Cortes and his men marched
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to to knock Dylan.
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They reached the capital of the Aztec Empire on November
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eight, Montezuma, known as Montezuma, but really Montezuma the second
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was the king of the as to As well as
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from 15 or 2 to 1520, Who was he?
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He was born around 1466 and was to become a
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successful ruler in general even before he became emperor.
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From 1502 to 1520, evidence seems to be mounting that
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Montezuma the second was actually in industrious and clever ruler.
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It may be that he has been misjudged from his
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encounter and lost to the spanish as indecisive, superstitious and
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kept capital ating He ruled the empire of 5-6 million
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people. In many ways, this emperor is believed to have
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been harsh in the ruling of his empire.
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This may be the reason why Cortez was able to
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find allies among the cities of Mexico in his conquest.
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Many may have been happy for the chance to free
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themselves from the powerful Aztecs.
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Just about every aspect of Moctezuma, the second has been
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open to controversy.
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The problem is that sources are highly contradictory.
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Somebody was rewriting history or maybe everybody was the spanish
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were no doubt anxious to justify the conquest of the
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empire. The indigenous indigenous people themselves may have wanted someone
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to blame as well.
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For this reason, it is hard to get beyond the
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basics. I really understand the man, I mean, Aztec empire
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with origins as nomads.
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It is no wonder the Aztec culture was cobbled together,
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borrowing from other tribes encountered.
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Over the course of Aztec existence.
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Researchers believe the Aztecs were once hunters and gatherers who
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are animal skins and lived in caves.
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Yeah, no Hodel was the language spoken by the Aztecs.
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This languages from one of the largest native american linguistic
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families thought to have originated in what is now the
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southwestern United States, nomadic in origin, the Mexica or Aztecs
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journeyed from the north down into on a hawk.
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Legend says they heard strange whistling emanating from a carved
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stone representing the God.
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Funny hummingbird on the left.
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The God promised them that if they remain faithful to
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him, they would conquer all of Mexico, Carrying the car
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stone with them.
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The Aztecs wandered throughout Central Mexico between 1100 and 1248
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until they found a territory in which to settle.
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However, the to panics who occupied this land quickly expelled
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them. The Aztecs continued their journey into the belief of
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hummingbird on the left would show them the way by
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13 25 they, they allow saw the sign of their
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promised homeland, hummingbird on the left, a people before them
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as a white eagle holding a serpent sitting on a
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prickly pear cactus that sprang from Iraq.
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Their days were of wandering were over.
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Okay, yeah, The fall of two notched Alan diplomacy.
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It was in 1517 that the Emperor First got the
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news that Stranglers had landed, landed on the coast on
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the eighth of november 15 19, Cortes and Moctezuma met
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the following morning, they came out of the city to
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greet me with many trump trumpets and drums, including many
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persons whom they regard as priests in their temples, dressed
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in traditional investments and singing after their fashion, as they
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do in the temples from Cortez.
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And while speaking to Moctezuma, I took off a necklace
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of pearls and crystals which I was wearing and threw
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it round his neck.
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Whereupon having proceeded some little way up the street, a
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servant of his came back to me with two necklaces
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wrapped up in a napkin made from the shells of
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sea snails, which are much prized by them, and from
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each necklace hung.
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Eight prinze fashion, very beautifully in gold, some six inches
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in length.
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Or this gifts fueled the Spaniards.
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Greed and relations turned hostile.
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Shortly after Cortes took Montezuma captive and the Spaniards raided
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the city.
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Montezuma was murdered shortly after from being stoned by his
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own people.
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In Aztec account says they ran in among the dancers
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forcing their way to the place where the drums were
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played. They attacked the man who was drumming and cut
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off his arms.
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Then they cut off his head and rolled it across
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the floor.
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They attacked all the celebrants, stabbing them, spearing them, striking
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them with their swords.
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They attack some of them from behind and these fell
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instantly to the ground with their entrails hanging out.
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Others they beheaded, they cut off their heads or split
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their heads to pieces.
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They struck others in the shoulders and their arms were
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torn from their bodies.
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They wounded some in the thigh and some in the
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calf. They slashed others in the abdomen and their entrails
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all spilled to the ground.
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Some attempted to run away, but their intestines dragged as
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they ran.
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They seem to tangle their feet in their own entrails.
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No matter how they tried to save themselves, they could
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they could find no escape.