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Conquest: Mexico (October 9, 1997)

Conquest: Mexico (October 9, 1997). Conquest: Mexico, 1518-1530: Outline . From the Indies to Mexico, - 1519 Conquest of Tenochtitlan, 1519-1521 “Why was a people so resolute and so resourceful defeated by a band of adventurers?” Role of disease.

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Conquest: Mexico (October 9, 1997)

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  1. Conquest: Mexico(October 9, 1997)

  2. Conquest: Mexico,1518-1530: Outline • From the Indies to Mexico, - 1519 • Conquest of Tenochtitlan, 1519-1521 • “Why was a people so resolute and so resourceful defeated by a band of adventurers?” • Role of disease

  3. Routes of Conquest:Cortes, 1519Pizarro, 1531Jimenez de Quesada, 1536Mendoza, 1536Valdivia, 1540

  4. From the Indies to Mexico, - 1519 • Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba expedition, Feb. 1517: 3 ships, 110 soldiers • Juan de Grijalva, May 1518: 4 ships, 200 soldiers • Hernan Cortes, April 1519: 11 ships, 450 soldiers • Panfilo de Narvaez, May 1520

  5. Route of Cortes, 1519-1520

  6. Conquest of Tenochtitlan, 1519-1521 • Role of Malintzin: diplomacy • Manipulation of Mexica enemies (Cempoala, Tlaxcala, Cholula) • Capture the leader: Montezuma • The defeat of the “sad night” (June 30, 1520) • Smallpox, Oct-Dec, 1520 • Blockade: May-Aug. 21, 1521

  7. Hernan Cortes

  8. Malintzin (Doña Mariana, “La Malinche” & Cortes drawn by native artist: “through the mouth of Doña Marina…” Native, speaker of Nahuatl, Maya, and later, Spanish Interpreter: fundamental to Cortes diplomacy Beginnings of mestizaje (race mixture) traitor--a sell out to the invaders?

  9. Route of Cortes, 1519Retreat, 1520Reconquest of Tenochtitlan, 1521

  10. Tenochtitlan in 1519: artist rendition

  11. Templo Mayor inset over Mexico City today

  12. It was remembered that a comet foretold strange happenings

  13. Pedro de Alvarado’s violation of the temple, June 1520

  14. Why were the natives defeated?(Clendinnen, p. 33) • Technology: horses, weapons • The rules of war: destroy vs. capture • Strategy and tactics • Population loss

  15. End

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