Hernando Cortes achieved a rapid victory over the Aztecs Select one: a. because he was able to exploit their superstitions. b. b
ecause his army was very large. c. because he had overwhelming superiority in firearms. d. because the use of horses gave the Spaniards an advantage. e. both because he was able to exploit their superstitions and because the use of horses gave the Spaniards an advantage.
e. both because he was able to exploit their superstitions and because the use of horses gave the Spaniards an advantage.
Explanation:
As an irony of history, the arrival of the Spanish was seen as a the fulfillment of an old prophecy by the Aztecs in the beginning. Their god Quetzaltcoatl had lived among them but one day, he departed. He promised to come back with his people from the east. This helped the treacherous and shrewd Hernán Cortés win the trust of Emperor Moctezuma and his court. Secondly, the use of horses provided a military advantage, as there were no horses on the American continent; the Aztecs didn´t know those animals and during the first battles with the Spanish, they believed that man and horse were one being.
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