FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CORTES AND PIZARRO
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killed him
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took him hostage
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invited him to visit Cuba
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offered a sacrifice to the Aztec gods
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cortés, however, took Montezuma prisoner, hoping to prevent an Aztec attack. Instead, the Aztecs turned on Montezuma, who later died, and Cortés’s forces were nearly destroyed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cortés placed a necklace of pearls and cut glass around the neck of Montezuma, but was held back by two lords when he tried to embrace the emperor. The Aztecs led the Spaniards into the heart of the city where Montezuma showered them with more gifts and then quartered them in sumptous apartments.
Detailed explanation-3: -Montezuma was killed in the fighting–in Aztec reports by the Spaniards, and in Spanish reports by an Aztec mob bitter at Montezuma’s subservience to Spanish rule. He was succeeded as emperor by his brother, Cuitláhuac.
Detailed explanation-4: -And Moctezuma responded: “Yes, I am Moctezuma.” Then he stood up to welcome Cortés, to meet him face to face. He bowed his head low, stretched as far as he could, and stood firm. Then he addressed him in these words: “Our lord, you are very welcome in your arrival in this land.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cortés captured, imprisoned, killed, and desecrated Montezuma’s remains. The third leg of the stool organizing narratives of the conquest of Mexico is the brutality of Aztec rule and the extent of the Aztec practice of human sacrifice.