3. An epic battle 4. Spanish troops vs. Mexica defenders 5.
Hernando Cortes 6. Superiority Spanish military resources 7.
Providential intervention of God 8. Perspective on theconquest
1680 - Antonio de Solis's text & Kislak images
9. Rooted the accounts of the spanish invaders 10. Depicted as
an epic battle of spanish troops and Mexica defenders 11. How were
such Feats Possible?
The Genius of Hernando Cortes
12. Superiority of Spanish militant resources 13. moral
decadence structural weakness of the empire 14. Failings of
Moctezuma's belief of Cortes was Deity 15. Combination of 3
Factors.
Epidemic disease impact
16. Native Disunity or micro patriotism 17. Metal weapons 18.
(not Certainly Guns and horses ) 19. Sufferings of War
The conquest is widely known and accepted by the existence of
allies
20. The casualties of these campaigns came at heavy native costs
21. A letter to the King the authorities of Xochimilco claim 1,100
warriors left though none returned 22. Tlaxcala provided large
numbers of warriors to assist the Spaniards in their siege and
destruction of Tenochtitlan; 23. This is no longer an
observation
