Question

What cultural clashes happened at the arrival of Cortes in the Americas in 1519, and what differences did these cultures have from one another?

Answer 1

For example, in the Tenochlitan (Modern Day Mexico City) it was common for the Aztecs to bathe 3 times a day, while the Spanish showered very rarely and used to dump buckets full of their waste out the window.

Answer 2

bathe 3 times a day? Spanish ppl viewed them as demonic folks and the Aztecs started to mistaking the Spanish for gods.

Answer 3

Yeah, the Aztecs never had much facial hair, they had clean roads, which is why when the conflict started, diseases ended up wiping a lot of the warriors.

Answer 4

Make sense

Answer 5

Well since Spain tends to be the more "powerful" historical Nation, they tend to believe what THEY say other then the actual facts, the main reason Cortes even conquered Mexico was because one of his men had a plague, which ended up killing many of the Aztecs since they never had any sick people.

Answer 6

Cultural clashes between the Spanish and indigenous peoples in 1519 stemmed from differences in religion, warfare, and political structure, leading to the violent Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. The Spanish, motivated by religious zeal and a desire for riches, were technologically superior with their steel weapons and horses, which the Aztecs, with their obsidian-studded clubs and focus on capturing rather than killing, could not match. The Spanish also exploited the existing resentment of subjugated tribes, like the Tlaxcalans, who resented Aztec tribute and sacrifice demands, turning them into crucial allies in a war that also saw devastating European diseases spread unchecked through the native population.

Answer 7

Not to forget the most important character in that conquest, Malinche, the woman that was gifted to Cortes, who ended up being the translator and lover of Cortes in his time there

Answer 8

wait sorry to ask but for what class is this?

Answer 9

AP Spanish

Answer 10

and also Ap History