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13 de jul. de 2020 · In May 1520, the Spanish soldiers massacred a group of elites engaged in ceremonies in the Great Temple and with the city in revolt against the foreigners because of that, the conquistadors took Montezuma hostage to ensure their own safety. This hostage situation shook the empire to its core.
27 de mar. de 2024 · Montezuma II (born 1466—died c. June 30, 1520, Tenochtitlán, within modern Mexico City) was the ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. In 1502 Montezuma succeeded his uncle Ahuitzotl as the leader of an empire that had reached its greatest extent, stretching to what ...
26 de oct. de 2022 · Montezuma could never have guessed, as he led his guest into the heart of the temple precinct, that this was the greatest city Cortez had ever seen. That it overshadowed anything in contemporary Europe. That Cortez had already decided to present it intact to his own emperor. A few days after the Spanish arrived, Montezuma’s slow downfall began.
19 de ene. de 2020 · Townsend’s more critical of the various codexes and Spanish accounts that exist whereas Carrasco is more interested in analyzing them and creating theories of religion and space. For example, Carrasco treats as plausible the story about Montezuma mistaking Cortes for Quetzalcoatl, a piece of Spanish propaganda that I thought Townsend did a good job debunking.
3 de jul. de 2023 · In the course of the 15th century, the Aztecs had created an empire of conquest demanding tribute from subjugated city -states. These tributes were pressing, and the spirit of discontent was widespread, especially in the recently invaded territories at the margins of the empire. When in 1519 a group of Spanish conquistadors under Hernán ...
23 de mar. de 2022 · Myth 3: Montezuma Surrendered Immediately to the Spanish. When Cortés sailed to Mexico from Cuba, looking for territory to conquer and riches to plunder in the name of the Spanish crown, he was ...
26 de sept. de 2016 · Montezuma, like Adam, was the first creation. In the story, Montezuma drops clay into a hole and Montezuma comes out. The name Adam in Hebrew means “To be red” as in the ruddy color of human skin, like clay. It also means “Earth” as in dirt. Montezuma helps the creator bring forth all the other tribes.
