Brief Mexican History - The Fall of Aztecs -

 --Aztec civilization and their fall -- Mexico originally had two powerful civilizations co- Aztec and Maya... Maya is a very advanced civilization in astronomy, and by looking at the stars alone, she was able to predict various natural disasters relatively accurately, and expected a good harvest every year with their own mathematics and calendars. Aztecs are the root of the national name Mexico. The people who formed the Aztec Empire were nomads, named Mechicas/Mexicas, who, according to their prophecy, settled on the land (now a symbol of Mexico) where eagles are eating snakes. They gradually strengthened their strength, easily overpowered neighboring countries, destroyed other countries' historical records, and glorified themselves to hide their barbarism. They were demanding enormous tribute from neighboring countries by achieving the strongest military empire in Latin America. The Aztec social system was very strict and fixed. Tlatoani (King) was not necessarily trained as a position to rule the state, but was elected in a similar way from the family of influential people in his country. Pipiltin (the nobles) were the core of the country, and they were formed of the king's blood relatives and the most influential people of the provinces. Tetecuhtin (the knight) guaranteed influence as a warrior who made great contributions in the war, but they were not inherited. They valued education early on, so commoners were sent to a school called Tepochcalli, and nobles were educated at a school called Calmecac. The contents of education were mainly battle methods, mathematics, and theology. Aztecs justified their conquest through religion.Oh, although I failed because of religion... It is said that the currency unit of Aztec was cocoa fruit. Let's stop talking about useless things. Let's go to the end. Spain supported several expeditions to the New World at the time (in the early 1500s), but in the meantime, it made Cuba completely its own and established its home base to advance into the Americas... Then an ambitious man named Hernan Cortez appeared. He landed in Mexico from Cuba with a small number of soldiers. Just in time, I was lucky to meet a Spanish victim, who had spent a long time with the natives, so he spoke Mayan excellently. Using him, Cortez easily gained access by demonstrating force against nearby villages. There was a girl in the Mayan village who was able to speak Aztec. As soon as the ambitious Cortez notices the existence of a very wealthy empire not far away. I went there. Cortez quickly learned the surrounding situation through a Mayan-speaking Spanish and an Aztec-speaking girl. Thanks to this, Cortez found out that the Aztec Empire was not trusted by neighboring countries and was rather hated, so he began to form an anti-Aztec alliance. The resisted village was devastated, making it relatively easy to take a step forward. When he encountered a large city, Cortez carried out an unexpected attack without hesitation when people were dancing and playing in the square during the festival, fascinating the opponent's lord with lies and sensibilities. And Cortez entered the Aztec capital. There is an unusual god in Aztec religion, he is said to be more of a white man on the outside. According to legend, he passed on various skills and was betrayed and said that he would definitely come back. (In Sohae's personal opinion, I think this god is a Viking that came across the continent.) Anyway, the Aztecs thought Cortez was the legend, so they held a festival, and Moctezuma, king of Aztecs, welcomed him. Moctezuma was reluctant to do Cortez because he was afraid that his authority would be pushed back, but he couldn't take any action due to the explosive reaction of the people. In addition, I couldn't hastily touch Lee Ja because I wondered if he was really a legendary god. Cortez knew Moctezuma's hesitation and played the Chego player. He planted the impression in the people that Moctezuma was fully supporting him. Another Spanish conqueror who was enchanted by Cortez's successive glory came to Mexico to face Cortez, but Cortez's capabilities overwhelmed him and defeated him. (I don't think there's a reason why Aztec was destroyed.) Cortez is considered one of the world's leading masters) When Cortez was away due to a duel, Cortez's right arm (-.,-) was massacred in the Aztec capital (I don't remember), and his resentment was strangely directed at Motezuma, killing his people. When Cortez returned to the capital, he felt the atmosphere was unusual and quietly tried to retreat in the middle of the night, but he was raided with too much gold and silver and lost considerable troops. In the end, Cortez quickly supplemented the soldiers and launched an all-out attack using his planned alliance network. The Aztec capital was surrounded by water, so Cortez quickly dried the ship and loaded the cannon, and used it to completely surround the Aztec capital. And Cortez took measures to prevent water from passing through the city, so the Aztec city was exhausted from hunger (due to infectious diseases and water shortages from Europe). Finally, Cortez and the allies launched an all-out offensive and captured Tenochtitlan on August 13, 1521, the best city in Latin America. As a result, the Aztec Empire was destroyed.