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Cortez And Mctezuma

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When Moctezuma met Cortez he believed that Cortes was a god in which he had immediately treated him with praise and respect or so it assumed to be. Initially, Moctezuma had sent lots of gifts, especially gold. As getting more gold was the main important thing on his mind, he had marched the capital of the Aztecs. Oddly enough, when he had arrived Moctezuma had greeted him, but Cortez took him prisoner. There had been quite confusing though, did Cortez let this get to his head? Was he really a god? Moctezuma was very educated about a ruler 's duty and how things should be done while ruling, especially with their happiness and luxury involved. He was stating that emperors have absolute guaranteed control and that everyone is assured to obey
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