The Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs was: a holocaust or a necessity? Did the Aztec culture have to be destroyed after the conquest or could the city of Tenochtitlan, its agricultural patterns and...

Conquest of Mexico better referred as Spanish conquest of Aztec Empire that ragged from 1519 to 1521 was a complete holocaust. It is also explained as fatal result of the meet of the intersection of two worlds (Brinkerhoff). The Spanish conquest was shaped not only by military but also diplomacy, language and laws of Spain as well as the Triple Alliance. Hernan Cortes initiated the conquest of Mexico that resulted in great devastation for generations to come. Prior to the conquest Moctezunna had been ruling the Aztec Empire since 1502. Under his regin, the empire had reached heights that he had never seen before and its borders reached their greatest extent. His people were made rich by the taxes and tributes flowing in from all across the empire (Busch, and McNamara). When reports began to slowly trickle in of strange encounters on the coast with pale skinned men, they seemed innocuous. Moctuzema's capital was...