Conquistadors - The fall of the Aztecs 1/5 (CC)

Conquistadors - The fall of the Aztecs Part 1 (Spanish CC)

In the decade before the Spanish arrived in Mexico, Aztec Emperor Montezuma II and his people were filled with a sense of foreboding. A series of evil omens had foretold of calamities to come. A fiery comet crossed the sky. The temple of Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, burst into flames. The Lake of Mexico boiled and rose, flooding into houses. A weeping woman passed by in the middle of the night, crying "My children, we must flee far away from this city!" Fishermen discovered a bird that wore a strange mirror in the crown of its head. Montezuma looked into the mirror and saw a distant plain, with people making war against each other and riding on the backs of animals resembling deer.

An agitated Montezuma demanded that his soothsayers explain the meaning of these dire signs and was told that they prophesied the destruction of his kingdom. In fact, Montezuma had reason to be fearful - the Spanish had settled in Hispaniola and Cuba and were making their way toward his empire.

The Spanish had made several expeditions to the nearby Yucatan in 1517 and had returned with wonderous tales of a high-cultured Mayan civilization and gold riches. The news of these discoveries made an electrifying impression on the Spanish colonists in Cuba. Among these was Hernán Cortés, Chief Magistrate of Santiago. The Spanish governor of Cuba, Diego de Velásquez, told Cortés that he would provide two or three ships if Cortés would find the rest of the money, and lead the army. Cortés agreed and on October 23, 1518, Velásquez appointed him "captain-general" of a new expedition to the Yucatan.

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[SingHouse]

thumbs up if you're here because of Apocalypto

[xxxEmmureOwnxxx]

The spanish had a advantage of defeating the AZTECS. The aztecs defeating themselves due to religions belifs that the old rule named Quetzacolt would return and retake his throne, the leader Moctezuma belief in this myth, and when Cortez showed up he confused him with Quetzacolt because they both look the same. So Moctezuma failed and his people got masscre because he basically gave up.

[AngelofSuffernsmile]

i just saw one of the other Aztec/Mexica docu. n it said the other rival natives agaisnt the Aztecs where 50,000 so thats fuckn why they won! cuz forsure as hell the cracker dirty greedy honkeys couldnt of done it/killed us or conquered us even with ALL OF EUROPE agaisnt us los Aztecas/Mexica

[AngelofSuffernsmile]

Cortez didnt conquer jack SHIT! he had the other rival natives team up and kill the Aztecs, His dumb Saltine CRACKER honkey ass didnt conquer NADA in my book. The other rival Natives where the winners/(conquere'rs)

Damn history books and ppl always trying to make the White man look good like calling the spaniards "Conquerer's/Conquistadors"

more like dirty, filthy disease ridden, invested invading, greedy, not showering gun carrying cowards, raping Mexicos lands,resources women n children!

[mzbigfine67]

freaky



[Mistermax30]

@xxxEmmureOwnxxx Two words, small pox...

[nano123464]

@Degrelle85 plus ultra.

[nano123464]

Totalmente fiable un documental ingles cuando los que estubieron y tienen escritos , saben lo que sucedio fueron los Españoles.

[xxxEmmureOwnxxx]

Just because they had steel, guns n horses didn't make the aztecs get defeated. The Spanish had about 200,000 natives helping them fight off the aztecs. If it wasn't for that, Spanish would of got slaughterer with all that.

[wtfcowbbq]

@moko1117 mongols would kill aztecs

[wtfcowbbq]

@anyelaloli they are both invaders and conquerors cause they did invade and they did conquer and colonized

[anyelaloli]

I think the spanish should be call THE INVADERs not THE CONQUERORS as they are call.