Conditions:

• difference in military technology (steel swords vs.

spears etc.)

Individual(s) involved:

• Hernan Cortes

• Aztec Emperor Montezuma II

Groups involved:

• Spanish conquerors

• Aztec warriors

• Aztec peasants

• non-Aztec tribes allied with Spanish

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HERNAN CORTES LETTER

TO KING CHARLES 5 th

AZTEC POEM DESCRIBING

ATTACK ON TENOCHTITLAN

HOW ARE THESE TWO SOURCES DIFFERENT?

These images all have something in common, what is it?