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Why did the Aztecs believe that the conquistadors were representatives of quetzalcoatl?
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I don'nt know.
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His cavalry amazed the Aztecs?
When Hernando Cortez entered the capital city of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, the residents believed that he was one of their gods, Quetzalcoatl, come back to rule them again. Even the Aztec king knelt before him.
What was the legend of Aztecs that they confused with Hernan Cortes?
His name was Quetzalcoatl.
Who did conquistadors conquer?
The conquistadors are best known for their subjugation of the Aztecs in Mexico (Cortes) and the Incas in Peru (Pizarro).
The conquistadors were to Aztecs as the sea dog were to?
New Spain
Who was the leader of the spanish conquistadors?
there is many different spanish conquistadors the most famous are cortez who defeated the Aztecs and Pizarro who defeated the Incas
Why did the Aztecs believe that the conquistadores were representatives of quetzalcoatl?
I don'nt know.
Why did the Aztecs believe that the conquistadors were representatives of Quetzalocoat?
Cuz they were on dmt
What did the Aztec believe when they saw the crosses on the Spanish breastplates?
The AZTECS thought that representatives of Quetzalcoatl had returned.
What god did the Aztecs believe Cortes was?
Quetzalcoatl
What was the religion of the Aztecs?
The Aztecs were polytheists who believe in deities such as Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli.
What did the Aztecs think when they saw the spanish with a cross on their breastplates?
The Aztec believed that representatives of Quetzalcoatl had returned
How did the Aztec culture perish?
Spanish conquistadors commanded by Hernando Cortez arrived in the same year that the Aztecs believed their god Quetzalcoatl would return. At first the Aztecs believed that Cortez was Quetzalcoatl, but Quetzalcoatl was a bloodthirsty god who demanded human sacrifice, and the Spanish were disgusted by this practice. Cortez' army was small but much better equipped, and they found thousands of allies in subject tribes which the Aztecs had conquered and were using to feed Quetzalcoatl. The Aztec king, Montezuma, was killed by his own people when he tried to prevent war with the Spanish, and and the Aztecs were defeated eventually. The Spanish also brought missionaries to Mexico, and the religion of the Aztecs was quickly replaced by Roman Catholicism.
What ancient god did the Aztecs think Cortes was?
Quetzalcoatl
Believed that Quetzalcoatl would return?
The Aztecs had this belief.
What god did the Aztecs think cortez was?
The god Quetzalcoatl.
His cavalry amazed the Aztecs?
When Hernando Cortez entered the capital city of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, the residents believed that he was one of their gods, Quetzalcoatl, come back to rule them again. Even the Aztec king knelt before him.
Which of the following statements about Cortés's contact with the Aztecs is true?
Some of the Aztecs may have initially thought Cortés was either a representative of their feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl or Quetzalcoatl himself.
