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Doing a comparative psychology analysis of the collapse of the Aztec empire, what do you think?
According to Aztec tradition, the founders of its great empire, after years of wandering, settled in south-central Mexico around the year 1168. Thus began a reign of blood and terror the likes of which had never before been visited upon this peaceful land. In 1325, the Aztec capital city of Tenochitlan, meaning "Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus" arose from the swamps of Lake Texcoco. Priding themselves on their martial skill, the Aztecs believed their strength was derived from the ritual feeding of their god Huitzilopochtli, god of not only the sun but of war and warriors as well. The Aztecs raised human sacrifice to a high art, but their fascination with death produced a grim society convinced of its eventual and inescapable doom. When the Spanish appeared in the 1500s, many took their arrival as a sign that the day of judgment was at hand. Although its warriors were fierce and nearly unstoppable in combat, because of its fatalistic outlook, Aztec society resigned itself to the notion that the Spaniards were destined to deliver it to its fate - and they did. Within a few short years, the Aztec empire lay in ruins.
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Reminder that Tlaxclalans did more damage to Aztecs than Spaniards could ever hope for. Except artillery and horses their contribution was minimal. Cortez only managed to enter Tenochtitlan in the first place becaue Montezuma was a stupid idiot who unironically believed Cortez was an embodiment of Quetzalcoatl. Spaniards got BTFO during Noche Triste when rest of the Aztecs realized Montezuma is retarded and that Spaniards aren't some ancient aliens making a return.
Second conquest of Tenochtitlan was made possible only because of Tlaxcalan allies. They did most of the fighting and killing.
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>>3362002
>surprise attack against unarmed spains
>hurr Aztecs so srtong
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>>3362029
>get btfo by wooden weapons while steel armored
>surprise charge of steel armored cavalry against people who never saw horses before
>never repeat a similar victory against them after that first time even if the following encounters spaniards had cannons and equal numbers to the enemy
>hurr spains so srtong
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>>3362081
You don´t know how to read, don´t you?
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>>3362472
because this is how things went without horses and artillery, despite the fact that steel armors and weapons were an advantage desicive enough for them to win the battle
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>>3362509
>things would have been different if we totally changed the circumstances
no shit.
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>>3362509
>this is how things went without horses and artillery
and also being completely surrounded and vastly outnumbered in the deepest part of a completely hostile city.
it's a miracle that any of them made it out, and you're trying to use this as evidence of Spanish martial mediocrity? Top kek.
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>>3362667
>vastly outnumbered in the deepest part of a completely hostile city
nice wording
>it's a miracle that any of them made it out
lmao
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