https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53 The fall of the Aztecs en-us 2020-04-18 07:45:42 UTC 2024-12-16 22:44:39 UTC hello@padlet.com ajtarko https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519869566 2020-04-21 10:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519869566 ajtarko https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519881007 When Spanish ships landed in Mexico in 1519, the mighty Aztec empire was at the high of its power. From their capital in Tenochtitlán, the Aztecs controlled much of what is now Mexico in central America, ruling some 15 million people.]]> 2020-04-21 10:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519881007 ajtarko https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519904169  Aztec palaces were as vast and sophisticated as any of those in Europe and their temples rivalled the Egyptian pyramids.]]> 2020-04-21 10:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519904169 ajtarko https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519916162 But within just 2 years, the mighty Aztec empire crumbled and Tenochtitlán laid in ruins after a brutal siege led by Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortés. No great ancient civilization ever fell so far so fast.]]> 2020-04-21 11:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/519916162 anna_ropka https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520371515 2020-04-21 14:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520371515 anna_ropka https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520372206 The Aztecs then confronted another powerful enemy – smallpox. Brought aboard Spanish ships, the disease decimated the Aztec population, killing the new emperor and thousands of others. 

]]> 2020-04-21 14:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520372206 anna_ropka https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520388017 For years the Aztecs used brutal force against neighbouring tribes and city states, forcing them to pay costly tributes and hand over victims to the human sacrifices, central to the Aztec religion. Cortés turned these people’s hearted of the Aztecs to his advantage. ]]> 2020-04-21 14:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520388017 anna_ropka https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520416942 2020-04-21 14:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520416942 ajtarko https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520447965 Their emperor, Montezuma believed that Cortés might be the bearded Aztec God who was prophesied to concur his people and bring universal peace. 

]]> 2020-04-21 14:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520447965 anna_ropka https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520476265 The Aztecs were angry with their emperor and they captured him in 1520 and later, they killed him. The emperor’s brother took over. ]]> 2020-04-21 14:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520476265 anna_ropka https://padlet.com/anna_ropka/i0e55f42da46bk53/wish/520499151 With the help of several thousand Indian, Cortés and his Spanish force besieged Tenochtitlán, cutting off the city’s water and food supplies. Despite a fierce resistance, the Aztecs city fell on August 13^th, 1521. 

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