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Conquistadors and Aztecs - A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan (Hardcover)
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Conquistadors and Aztecs - A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan (Hardcover)
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A highly readable narrative of the causes, course, and consequences
of the Spanish Conquest, incorporating the perspectives of many
Native groups, Black slaves, and the conquistadors, timed with the
500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
Five hundred years ago, a flotilla landed on the coast of Yucatan
under the command of the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. While
the official goal of the expedition was to explore and to expand
the Christian faith, everyone involved knew that it was primarily
about gold and the hunt for slaves. That a few hundred Spaniards
destroyed the Aztec empire-a highly developed culture-is an old
chestnut, because the conquistadors, who had every means to make a
profit, did not succeed alone. They encountered groups such as the
Tlaxcaltecs, who suffered from the Aztec rule and were ready to
enter into alliances with the foreigners to overthrow their old
enemy. In addition, the conquerors benefited from the diseases
brought from Europe, which killed hundreds of thousands of locals.
Drawing on both Spanish and indigenous sources, this account of the
conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521 not only offers a dramatic
narrative of these events-including the fall of the Aztec capital
of Tenochtitlan and the flight of the conquerors-but also
represents the individual protagonists on both sides, their
backgrounds, their diplomacy, and their struggles. It vividly
portrays the tens of thousands of local warriors who faced off
against each other during the fighting as they attempted to free
themselves from tribute payments to the Aztecs. Written by a
leading historian of Latin America, Conquistadors and Aztecs offers
a timely portrayal of the fall of Tenochtitlan and the founding of
an empire that would last for centuries.
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