Why were the spaniards able to conquer the aztecs?
This was one of the most epic conflicts in history and it puzzles me why no one has made a movie of it. Cortez was a fearless commander, but he was also smart. The Spaniards had been in the Caribbean long enough for a few Native Americans to learn to speak Spanish. Cortez found a female who was a willing translator, and through her he learned that the Aztecs had many enemies. He posed as their liberator and used them for his own ends. To complicate things the Aztec calendar was at a major break in its cycle and prophecies foretold that Quetzalcoatl would return from the East in floating houses (ships) and that his soldiers would wear stone armor (iron & steel, which the Aztecs knew nothing of). The Aztecs were armed with wooden swords which had jagged pieces of obsidian set into the edge. These swords were easily sharp enough to cut off people’s heads and limbs, but were no match for steel swords, and obsidian is brittle. The Spaniards had a few firearms and a few cannon but not much i
