Ryan, Charlotte, Hunter, Jimmy
Mr. Angus
World History II, Period 3
October 17, 2014
History Comic Script
In 1519, Cortez sailed to the new world where he encountered and demolished the Aztecs.
Aztec Culture was highly sophisticated, with a developed calendar, a complex writing system, and mathematics.
The Spanish came armed with guns and cannons, weapons which the natives had never encountered.
Shots were fired at natives, who surrendered quickly and gave Cortez's crew goods and an interpreter.
The Spanish converted the natives to christianity wherever possible.
Eventually the Spanish made their way to Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztecs.
Upon their arrival, they were greeted by warmly by the Aztec ruler. While they were being given refreshments by the Aztecs, the explorers turned on their host and practically destroyed the city.
Despite their small number, the Spanish explorers and their superior technology prevailed.
But Cortez's superior technology is only part of the reason that the Spanish were victorious. Unknowingly, they had carried over European diseases which the Aztecs had no immunity to. The diseases, primarily smallpox, devistated the city while leaving most of the Spanish relatively unharmed.
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