year 8 history aztecs higher order thinking booklet
TRANSCRIPT
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
HERNAN CORTES LETTER
TO KING CHARLES 5 th
AZTEC POEM DESCRIBING
ATTACK ON TENOCHTITLAN
HOW ARE THESE TWO SOURCES DIFFERENT?