Rise and Fall of the Aztec Empire Storybored
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- The Origins of the Aztecs
- Tenochtitlan
- Expansion of the Aztec Empire
- There is no exact origins of the Aztecs but they were though to be a nomadic tribe from northern Mexico who settled in mesoamerica.
- The arrival of the Spanish
- The Aztecs started to build their empire and started by building the capital of Tenochtitlan. They saw an eagle with a snake in its beak on a cactus and saw it as a sign to build their settlement there.
- Cortes vs Moctezuma
- What the Aztec Spies think they saw
- The Aztecs started to grow and expand. By the early 1500s, they had control of 500 small states and some 5 to 6 million people. Many people visited Tenochtitlan on market days to shop.
- The Fall of the Aztec Empire
- The First European in Mexican territory was Francisco Hernadez de Cordoba. He came with 3 ships and 100 men into Cuba and later left. The Spanish Governor, Diego Velasqez sent a much larger force after reading the reports from Cordoba. Hernan Cortez, who was leading the larger force, disobeyed Velasqez's orders and started training men. He took 400 men and a translator into Mexico and gained alliances with the controlled civilizations of the Aztecs.
- When Cortes came to Tenochtitlan, they honored him. He resembled the legend, Quetzalcoatl. Also, before they though they saw signs of doom
- What the Aztec Spies Actually saw
- The Spainards easily took hostage Montezuma and other lords and gained control. It was said that the Spanish killed thousands. Cuauhtemoc, a nephew of Montezuma took back Tenochtitlan and supposing 240,000 people died.
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