Gold: Cortez thought the Aztecs were hiding gold. Watch Mindennapi Tudomány - 0517 Who Killed The Aztecs - Gyáróriások on Dailymotion Cortesâs army besieged Tenochtitlan for 93 days. Aztec, self name Culhua-Mexica, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.The Aztecs are so called from Aztlán (âWhite Landâ), an allusion to their origins, probably in northern Mexico. The joint forces of Tlaxcala and Cortés proved to be formidable. God: the Spanish wanted to spread cathlicism. The type of Salmonella that killed the Aztecs isn't the same as the one that lurks in meat packing plants and factory chicken farms, either. The ancient rites of the Aztecs, the brutality of the Inquisition, and the savagery of anti-clericalism all combined to give the Mexican church a very special character. Smallpox took its toll on the Aztecs in several ways. First, it killed many of its victims outright, particularly infants and young children. Montezuma had been selected to be Tlatoani (the word means "speaker") in 1502, the maximum leader of his people: his grandfather, father, and two uncles had also been tlatoque (plural of tlatoani). Aztecs wouldn't accept it. Cortez killed the Aztecs because of the 3 G's. This means the specific strain that may have killed Aztecs in the 16th century had been present 300 years earlier across the Atlantic. The Aztecs were struck by a smallpox plague starting in September 1520, which lasted seventy days. God, Gold, Glory. : 92â93. Montezuma II Xocoyotzín, Emperor of the Aztecs . One by one they took over most of the cities under Aztec control, some in battle, others by diplomacy. Even worse was a disease the locals called âhuey cocoliztli" (or âgreat pestilence" in Aztec) that killed somewhere from 5 to 15 million people ⦠From 1502 to 1519, Montezuma had proven himself to be an able leader in war, politics, religion, and diplomacy. Human sacrifice also served another purpose in the expanding Aztec empire of the 15th and 16th century: intimidation. The Aztec emperor at the time, Moctezuma, seemed uncertain how to react and may even have believed that the appearance of the Spanish marked the fulfillment of a prophecy.It was the height of the harvest season, when the Aztecs normally did not wage war; thus, Moctezuma invited Cortes to ⦠Many were killed, including their new leader, the Emperor Cuitlahuac. Battle of Tenochtitlan (May 22âAugust 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants commanded by Hernan Cortes. Superior weaponry and a devastating smallpox outbreak enabled the Spanish to ⦠It's a subset called Paratyphi C, which is similar to a rare modern type that has a 10 to 15 percent mortality rate.
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