Thursday, September 22, 2016

Note - Hernan Cortes

Today our main topic is a man called Hernan Cortes, who is both a great conquer and mass murder. 
  • He was bored in 1485 in a noble family and went to Mexico in 1519 for conquering Aztecs and seizing gold and silver.  
  • The Aztecs are extremely outgunned agains Hernan Cortes' troop and become eradicated quickly with cannons, horses, and diseases in 1521
  • Early European people lived in a very filthy environment and grew immunity for deadly diseases, while Aztecs was lived in a fairly clean city and thus very susceptible from those diseases. 
  • Hernan Cortes first destination was Cuba. He burned his ship immediately after arrival to prevent his people from escaping and force them to follow him. 

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