India Apex
It was to discover as much as possible. New technology made it easier for people to discover things they never could before.
"Money" was his major motivation. His financial demands (10 percent of all earnings to be made in the lands to be discovered, among others) was considered so extravagant by the Portuguese that they refused to back his expedition. Another reason was that they had - correctly - calculated that India or China never could be found where Colombus thought he would find it. Columbus repeated his financial claims to the Spanish Court and reached an agreement. Only the Spanish Government never made good on its promises and Columbus spent the rest of his life in fruitless ligitation.
They never really tried to enslave the Native Americans. Th Spanish did use Native Americans as slaves in mines and missions. The African slave trade solved all labor problems.
The most potentially fatal danger was that Colombus and his crews on the three exploration ships furnished by the Spanish Crown would be victims of the Atlantic Ocean. Colombus had never attempted such a long voyage. They were in fact travelling into "uncharted waters".
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The Spanish had horses, which the Aztecs had never seen before. The Spanish also had guns, cannons, iron, steel, and weapons made of these metals The Aztecs didn't have anything near the sort, and while still being fierce and great warriors, they couldn't withstand an attack with all these advanced weapons
The Spanish had superior weaponry such as guns, cannons, and steel swords compared to the Aztecs and Incas who primarily used obsidian weapons. The Spanish also had horses, which the indigenous peoples had never encountered before, giving them a military advantage. Additionally, the Spanish had the assistance of indigenous allies who were enemies of the Aztec and Inca Empires.
Yes, the Spanish had weapons that the Aztects and Incas had never seen before therefore resulting in the primary factor of the two civilizations simply not being prepared with the right weapons hence the Spanish had better weapons. The Spanish easily overpowered the two in that subject.
Most of the Aztecs died from a disease they had never seen before, which was SmallPox. When the Spanish conquestadors came over to conquer the Aztecs, they brought over this deadly diseas that ultimately wiped out the Aztecs.
The Aztecs weren't as advanced as the conquistadors. The Aztecs had cotton shields and used clubs studded with sharp obsidian rock. Meanwhile, the Spanish had horses the Aztecs had never even seen a horse before in their lives. The Spanish also had gunpowder and metal armor and their guns could easily take out an Aztec jaguar warrior. The Aztecs were also destroyed by the new diseases that where brought over by the Spanish conquistadors. The Aztecs had almost no allies because the other tribes joined the Spanish in taking out the Aztecs.
Horses and Smallpox.
The Mongols never went to South America. It was the Spanish that conquered the Aztecs.
Many Aztec people were actually killed by the diseases that the European men brought over with them. Because the Aztecs had never been exposed to European diseases, they had no immunity to them. Many of the Aztecs contracted diseases like Smallpox from the European soldiers and died from illness as opposed to actually casualties of war.
The Incas never took over the Aztecs. Both were destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadors in the early 16th century.
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