Essays on Tenochtitlan

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Emperor Montezuma and the Aztec Empire

Montezuma II was born in 1446, and he ruled the Aztec Empire from 1502 to 1520 AD. During his reign, the Empire grew immensely. There was a deeply held belief amongst the Aztecs that a god would come from the east to be their Lord. Hernanes Cortes (1495-1547) and a group of Spaniards were prompted by mercantilism to push further into central Mexico in pursuit of rich gold lands. The group moved to the Tenochtitlan city capturing Montezuma II and killed him (Bulliet et al., 1997). Primarily, Emperor Montezuma II expanded the Empire of Aztec, increasing its wealth and ...

Religious change among the Aztecs

Annotated Bibliography Berdan, Frances, Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory, pp. 215-296. NY: Cambridge University Press (2014).

The source tells of the history and religion of the Aztec people.

Burkhart, Louise. “The missionary missionized.” In her The Slippery Earth: Nahua- Christian Moral Dialogue in Sixteenth-Century Mexico, pp. 15-45. Tucson: University of Arizona Press (1989).

This source tells about the implementation of Christianity on Aztec society.

Cervantes, Fernando. “The Indian response.” In his The Devil in the New World, pp. 40- 73. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (1994) The source reminds one that they should be looking at the paper through an objective lens, rather than proscribing any ideals onto the Aztecs or the Spaniards. Florescano, Enrique, “Transformation of indigenous memory and resurgence of ...