conquest of Mexico, history ramble
So tell me if I’m being culturally arrogant and need to shut up.
Okay so the obvious question; the Aztecs were badass and there were lots more of them than Spanish troops. How did they lose?
1) Aztec warfare was ridiculously genteel for including human sacrifice; all about taking prisoners. And while they were trying to fight “fair” they were up against veterans of the nastiest, no holds barred wars Europe had seen. So literally knights fighting barbarians.
re: conquest of Mexico, history ramble
@Leucrotta Don't forget about Smallpox. http://mason.gmu.edu/~alaemmer/disease/smallpox.pdf
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