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Who was the Aztec Native American ruler taken prisoner by Cortes?
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The name of the Aztec ruler captured by Hernando Cortes was Montezuma ll. He was captured in the capital of the Aztec Empire in the city called Tenochtitlan. The city was near what is now Veracruz, Mexico and not far from the location of Mexico's capital of Mexico City.
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What did Montezuma believe Cortes was?
Aztec Emperor Montezuma II believed Hernan Cortes was the god Queztacoaltl, but he was wrong and Cortes took him prisoner and the Aztec Empire fell to Spain.
What facts do you have about Aztec rulers?
The Aztec Empire dominated what is now the country of Mexico. The first Aztec ruler history knows was Itzcoati who ruled in the early 15th century. In the later part of the 15th century a ruler named Ahuitzoti ruled the Aztec Empire. About 15 years before the arrival of Spanish conquistador Cortes, a chief called Montezuma II ruled. He was the ruler in 1519 when Cortes arrived in Mexico. Cortes took this leader prisoner and he died in Cortes's jail.
What happened to the ancient Aztec civilization?
The Aztec Empire in what we now call Mexico fell victim to the Spanish conquistador, Cortes'. He captured the Aztec ruler and disgraced him and the Spanish were aided by Native Tribes who had been victims of the Aztecs.
How does Cortes describe the Aztec gods?
No
How does Cortes characterize the Aztec gods?
a
Which native American civilization was destroyed by Hernan Cortes?
The Aztec
What did Montezuma believe Cortes was?
Aztec Emperor Montezuma II believed Hernan Cortes was the god Queztacoaltl, but he was wrong and Cortes took him prisoner and the Aztec Empire fell to Spain.
Who are the native people whom Cortes attacked?
The Aztec people.
What were Hernan Cortes and Fransisco Pizarro known for?
They were spanish conquistadors that conquered great native american empires. The Aztec's, and Inca's respectively.
Who greedy conqueror of the Aztec empire?
Cortes and his mercenary conquistadors built an army of the Aztec's native enemy tribes to defeat Montezuma.
What facts do you have about Aztec rulers?
The Aztec Empire dominated what is now the country of Mexico. The first Aztec ruler history knows was Itzcoati who ruled in the early 15th century. In the later part of the 15th century a ruler named Ahuitzoti ruled the Aztec Empire. About 15 years before the arrival of Spanish conquistador Cortes, a chief called Montezuma II ruled. He was the ruler in 1519 when Cortes arrived in Mexico. Cortes took this leader prisoner and he died in Cortes's jail.
Why did the Aztec culture and the spanish culture come into conflict?
The Aztec chief Moctezuma II thought the Spanish leader, Hernan Cortes, was the Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl, who promised to return in 1519. Hernan took Moctezuma prisoner, and then the war began.
What native American society existed in Mexico?
Aztec
Are Aztec Indians Native American Indians?
Yes, the Aztec people were Native American peoples who inhabited central Mexico in the 14th to 16th centuries. They were part of the larger indigenous peoples of the Americas known as Native Americans.
Is the last name teneyuca native American?
Depends on how you define "Native American". Teneyuca is an Aztec surname.
Cortés made allies with other Native Americans to fight against which group?
Cortes made alliances with other Central American Peoples, such as the Tlaxcala, Cempoala, Mixtecs, and Zapotecs, against the AZTEC EMPIRE.
What happened to the Aztec civilization?
The Aztec Empire in what we now call Mexico fell victim to the Spanish conquistador, Cortes'. He captured the Aztec ruler and disgraced him and the Spanish were aided by Native Tribes who had been victims of the Aztecs.
