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The Aztec empire was taken over in 1521

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Moctezuma II: His ruleEvidence seems to be mounting that Moctezuma II was actually an industrious and clever ruler.  It may be that he has been misjudged from his encounter and loss to the Spanish as indecisive, superstitious and capitulating.He ruled an empire of 5-6 million people.  Would that empire have continued a thousand years?  Or was it already about to be torn apart by civil war?Either way, many today suggest that he accomplished a lot in the building and maintaining of the empire, until its fall.What hand Moctezuma II had in that fall may never be known. He was certainly faced with a difficult situation when the powerful strangers landed. He chose eventually to meet them in peace, giving gifts and even allowing for their lack of cultural knowledge (for example, no one was allowed to look directly at the emperor - Moctezuma apparently overlooked Cortes' offense in this matter).The Spanish in reality may have just provided the excuse needed for an inevitable civil war. The Europeans did not conquer the empire alone, they were only a part of a force that changed the order of things in Mexico.The belief that the Aztecs took the Spanish for gods is coming more more into question. The people were religious, but not uneducated. It is questionable whether it was the superstition of the emperor that was his downfall or not.No one is sure how he died. He may have been killed by the Spanish when they felt he was no longer useful. Other sources claim he was killed by his own people, who felt he had lost them the empire. He probably died disgraced in June 1520.

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Moctezuma II: His ruleEvidence seems to be mounting that Moctezuma II was actually an industrious and clever ruler.  It may be that he has been misjudged from his encounter and loss to the Spanish as indecisive, superstitious and capitulating.He ruled an empire of 5-6 million people.  Would that empire have continued a thousand years?  Or was it already about to be torn apart by civil war?Either way, many today suggest that he accomplished a lot in the building and maintaining of the empire, until its fall.What hand Moctezuma II had in that fall may never be known. He was certainly faced with a difficult situation when the powerful strangers landed. He chose eventually to meet them in peace, giving gifts and even allowing for their lack of cultural knowledge (for example, no one was allowed to look directly at the emperor - Moctezuma apparently overlooked Cortes' offense in this matter).The Spanish in reality may have just provided the excuse needed for an inevitable civil war. The Europeans did not conquer the empire alone, they were only a part of a force that changed the order of things in Mexico.The belief that the Aztecs took the Spanish for gods is coming more more into question. The people were religious, but not uneducated. It is questionable whether it was the superstition of the emperor that was his downfall or not.No one is sure how he died. He may have been killed by the Spanish when they felt he was no longer useful. Other sources claim he was killed by his own people, who felt he had lost them the empire. He probably died disgraced in June 1520.

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He was the last empower of the aztec

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Fundamental information about him

Name: Montzuma or more correctly, Motechuhoma II or ‘Angry Like A Lord’

Occupation: A ruler and the Lord’s country, believing that he was a Demi-God

Born and died: 1466- 29th June 1520

Special facts about him

He was the first to actually go and make contact between them and the Spains.

When greeting them with great gifts, he sadly feel to the Spains, because of their salvage and hunger for gold.

Now because of this defeat, he is well-known as the ruler of a defeated nation.

About him

He was portrayed as a weak-willed and indecisive person. Who lead his country to such a defeat.

His name is Nahuatl actually meason he is one who frowns like a lord or he who is angry in a noble manner.

Family

Montezuma had many wives, but there were only two women who were his Queens- Tlapalizquixochtzin and Teolalco.

He also became the king of Ecatepec because Tlapalizquixochtzin was Queen of that city.

He also had many kids including Princess Isabel Moctezuma- and sons Chimalpopoca and Tlaltecatzin.

How he was taken over by the Spaniards

It started when the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, seeking for gold.

Instead, they found the Aztecs.

Being astonished and greeted by the Aztecs, the Spaniards became very close to Montezuma, with being brought many gifts to them (made out of gold).

By a weeks time, the Spaniards started to get greedy, wanting more gold, and when they didn’t get enough, they thought of the plan.

The plan was to secretly go to some of the Aztec’s who hated the higher Aztecs’, and made an alliance with them, so that they could overthrow Montezuma.

Eventually though, Montezuma found out of this plan, so the Spaniards overthrew Montezuma Montezuma throne. Taking Montezuma as their hostage. They had done this act because they thought that if they made Lord Montezuma captivated with them. The other Aztec people would serve with no harm dealt to either side.

This started to happen, but then it was brought up that Montezuma was dead.

This not being 100% certain, but the Spaniards said that the Aztecs killed Montezuma with rocks and arrows, being severely injured, he passed away.

On the other hand, the Aztecs say that they murdered Montezuma.

So even to this day, it is still a mystery on how Montezuma died.

Reference

Cartwright, M. and Cartwright, M. (2017). Montezuma. [online] Ancient History Encyclopedia. Available at: http://www.ancient.eu/Montezuma/ [Accessed 15 Jun. 2017].

En.m.wikipedia.org. (2017). Moctezuma II. [online] Available at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moctezuma_II [Accessed 15 Jun. 2017].

Encyclopedia Britannica. (2017). Montezuma II | Aztec emperor. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Montezuma-II [Accessed 15 Jun. 2017].

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montezuma d i e d

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182] TRUE to their threats, the Aztecs renewed the assault early next morning, and Cortés soon realised that his men, few in number as compared with the enemy, could not long stand the strain of such fighting. He felt that their only hope lay in the emperor, who must be induced to appease his subjects once more by promising that the Spaniards would, if permitted, immediately leave the city.

"That have I  to do with Malintzin?" exclaimed Montezuma bitterly, "I do not wish to hear from him. I desire only to die!" At last, however, Father Olmedo won his reluctant consent. "I will speak to my people," he said, "but it will be useless. They will neither believe me nor the false promises of Malintzin. You will never leave these walls alive."

So the emperor of the Aztecs, preceded by the golden wand of empire, but surrounded by a Spanish guard, mounted the palace roof to speak for the last time to his faithful people. He was arrayed in his royal robes, and on his weary brow rested the gorgeous crown of Mexico. A sudden silence fell [183] on the battling multitudes below as they gazed on the monarch they had so long revered.

For a moment Montezuma was speechless with emotion, then, in a tone of kingly dignity, he said: "Why are you here in arms against the palace of my fathers? Is it that you think your sovereign a prisoner? If so, you have acted rightly. But you are mistaken. The strangers are my guests. I remain with them only from choice, and can leave them when I list. Have you come to drive them from the city? They will depart of their own accord if you will open a way for them. Return to your homes, lay down your arms, and the white men shall go back to their own land, and all shall be well again within the walls of Tenochtitlan."

But when the people heard their emperor declare that the ruthless invaders of their city were his guests and friends, a frenzy of patriotic wrath swept through the multitude. "Base Aztec!" they cried, "coward! woman! fit only to weave and spin!" and, before the Spaniards could shield him, Montezuma was struck senseless to the ground by a shower of stones and arrows. A sudden horror at their own deed instantly smote the Aztecs, who scattered in every direction with groans of bitter mourning, leaving the great square silent and deserted. The emperor, restored to consciousness, lay speechless in his apartments, refusing steadfastly to eat, and when his attendants strove to heal his wounds he tore away the bandages. His one longing was for death.

"RETURN TO YOUR HOMES. LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS."

The Aztec warriors soon rushed back to their posts, thirsting for vengeance. The great teocalli  of [184] Huitzilopotchli, nearly a hundred and fifty feet high, afforded so strong a vantage-point, that Cortés saw that at all costs he must dislodge the band of caciques  who from its terraces and summit deluged the Old Palace with blinding missiles. Three attempts had the Spanish captains made in vain, and now the general, though wounded, resolved to capture the tower himself. Fastening a spear to his left arm, which was disabled, with three hundred of his bravest followers and several thousand Tlascalans, he charged the gateway of the serpent wall and galloped into the great courtyard. Leaving the gunners, bowmen, and Tlascalans to hold the square, which was soon won, Cortés and his cavaliers sprang up the stairway of the great teocalli. Desperate  was the ascent, and many a good soldier was hurled to the bottom by the storm of javelins, spears, and stones from the terraces above. For nearly a mile round the four platforms and up the five stairways the Spaniards fought their way, aided by the gunners and bowmen in the courtyard, who picked off the dusky warriors above.

At last the summit was gained, and there was waged so wild and fierce a battle that the troops in the city below ceased their warfare to gaze fascinated at this conflict in mid-air. No wall or parapet protected the edge, smooth and slippery was the stone pavement, and sometimes two wrestling figures locked together in furious struggle rolled headlong over the dizzy brink. For three long hours did the fight endure, but one after another the caciques  and priests fell before the keen Castilian swords. At the shrine of Huitzilopotchli the survivors took their last stand, [185] and on them rushed the mailed strangers with their glittering steel, Cortés, as usual, to the fore. Suddenly two caciques, unarmed, flung themselves on the Spanish general, dragged him by main force to the edge of the summit, resolved to leap into death with their country's foe! But at the brink one of them stumbled, and Cortés, tearing himself away, escaped the horrible fate. At length the battle was ended. Every Aztec was slain, and forty-five of the most gallant cavaliers had perished also, while each man bore gaping wounds. "Here Cortés showed himself," said Bernal Diaz, "the man that he really was!"

The first act of the conquerors was to enter the two sanctuaries. They found, to their wrath, that the image of the Virgin Mary had been removed, but the horrible Huitzilopotchli still stood in his niche, before him his censer of smoking hearts, torn perhaps from Christian victims! Out of the chapel, across the broad summit and over the brink of the precipice the vengeful victors hurled the mighty god, while the crowds below gazed in frozen horror. Then setting fire to the sanctuary itself, they returned, unopposed, to their own quarters. And the flames, rising like banners in the sky, announced to the people in all the fair valley of Mexico that their religion was tottering to its fall.

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Montezuma II;
During his reign the Aztec Empire reached its greatest size. Through warfare, Moctezuma expanded the territory as far south as Xoconosco in Chipas and the Isthmus of Tethuanpec, and incorporated the Zapotec and Yopi people into the empire.[1] He changed the previous meritocratic system of social hierarchy and widened the divide between pipiltin(nobles) and macehualtin (commoners) by prohibiting commoners from working in the royal palaces.[1]

The portrayal of Moctezuma in history has mostly been colored by his role as ruler of a defeated nation, and many sources describe him as weak-willed and indecisive. The biases of some historical sources make it difficult to understand his actions during the Spanish invasion.[2]

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Montezuma the II was the ninth and last Aztec emperor of Tenochtitlan, or modern day Mexico. He was born in the year 1466 and died in the year of 1520.

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montezuma means 'angry like a lord'. he was the last fully independent ruler of the Aztec Empire before their fall when the spanish took over. he ruled from 1502CE until 1520CE. while he was ruling, he expanded and grew his empire. he was considered a god by the aztecs. montezuma died in 1520

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Montezuma II was an Aztec emperor born in 1466 and died in 1520 in the city of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlán in Mexico. He ruled the Aztec Empire from 1502 till his death. He was the ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico

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Montezuma II was the last of the Aztec emperors, who was defeated by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1520.

He was born around 1466, and by then the Aztec empire were spreading to present day Honduras and Nicaragua. Hernán Cortés arrived in 1519, and some of Montezuma's subjects turned against him. He was killed after that and the Aztec Empire ended.

The Aztecs feared a deity called Quetzalcoatl who was a white, bearded god, but mistook Cortes for him

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Was the king of the Aztecs he was the king when Cortez arrived the conquisties killed him dunno how. The End

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Montezuma

Montezuma was a ruler of the Aztec empire and was mainly referred to as Moctezuma II. He was the last ruler of the Aztecs as he was the one killed by Hermando Cortez’ actions as he and the other Spanish conquistadors were fleeing Tenochtitlan. He was 51 years of age when he first came inn contact with Hermando Cortez. During the next few months the conquistadors imprisoned him and used him while the Spanish continued their conquest on the Americas.

Before he was the emperor he was already a successful ruler and general in the military.  His father, Axayacatl was also a great leader and was one of the best warriors commanded by his uncle Auhuitzotl. A battle which is distinguishing for Montezuma are the Aztec campaigns in Tehuantepec and Xoconocho.

When emperor Ahuitzotl died in 1502 a counsel of noblemen decided that Montezuma should be the next Emperor and was ascended to the throne. He was lucky to have come to power when the Aztec Empire was at the height of its power. His predecessor, Ahuitzol had vastly expanded the empire before he passed away. The empire he controlled extended to most of central Mexico and some other regions of the present day United States spanning all the way to central America. Inheriting such a vast empire can be both counted as lucky and unlucky though because such a vast empire is difficult to control. From the very start of his reign he had to face and stop rebellions and revolts happening throughout country and he did this very well. One of his more notorious attacks on rebels was during a rebellion nin Nopallan and Icpatepec. He captured a large amount of the rebels and they were ritually sacrificed to be eaten at his coronation. An ambition of his that was carried out was to expand his empire. He took the Mixtec people and the Zapotec people under his control in just five years. Montezuma was a very superstitious person (even for an Aztec) and he sacrificed many of his captives, especially during the 1510s. Because of this he became unpopular and there were more rebellions than usual.

Montezuma had many wives and concubines (or entertainers). He had two major wives, one of them was Teotlalco and another wife was Tlapalizquixoxhtzin (yes i'd like to buy a dozen vowels please). It is rumoured that he had over a hundred children.

In the end Motezuma was a great ruler who was a great figure in Aztec society and essentially one of the main reasons why they were wiped out.

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I wasn't here