The cause of the downfall of the Aztec Empire was natural disasters, invaders from the north, and Cortes’ control of the land. Many indigenous people had inhabited the Americas before the arrival of foreigners, one of those people was known as the Aztecs. The Aztec Empire had built itself around their religion and beliefs, standing strong as a community, or so they thought. The Aztecs lived in Central Valley of Mexico and ruled over the other indigenous peoples of the region . The empire was ruled by one emperor and consisted of many noble Aztecs who helped keep the empire running.
Their beliefs on different gods were very strong, and so many rituals were kept alive up until Hernan Cortes showed up to Tenochtitlan. The events that took place between 1519 and August
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Cortes saw this in the Aztec Empire and decided to take action, and be the violence from without that made the change.
Cortes managed to bring down the most powerful empire in the Mexican land at that time. "It was an amazing defeat, the conquest of the mighty Aztec Empire by some 530 Spanish adventures under the resourceful leadership of hidalgo Hernan Cortes".
After the fall of the Aztec Empire, the colonization that took place shaped the world we live in now. Although Cortes' desire for the takedown of the Aztec Empire was driven "by a lust for gold, territory, and a hope of finding el Dorado ("the gilded one"), "the Spanish Conquest and the subsequent colonization of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico and the rest of the Americas led to the creation of a Spanish-Hybrid race". The cause of the downfall of the Aztec Empire was natural disasters, invaders from the north, and Cortes’ control of the