One of them included their ritual sacrifice in more than just one way. It all began with “the killing of thousands of people, whether it be you or your neighbor, they simply weren’t good enough for a society. (Aztec History) Due to their many sacrifices, many people hated one another even though the sacrifice had been around for a very long time. Many of the people from Tlaxcala lost loved ones due to the sacrifice and that’s when they chose to fight alongside the Spaniards. Another reason to the fall of the empire was because of diseases. When Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes first landed in Mexico, a Spanish Army from Cuba came along to make sure Cortes was following the orders given. Along with that Spanish army cam an African American who was being held as a slave with a very contagious disease known as small pox. It then got in contact with one of Cortes men and he brought it back to the Aztecs. The disease then quickly spread bringing the population down with no way of knowing how to treat …show more content…
Throughout that time, Cortes managed to sink all but one small vessel and moves to Tlaxcala. On November 8, 1519, Cortes decided to take charge to make some changes by wanting tribute to a few of the Roman Catholic shrines that would replace the Aztec gods. Cortes also defeats a rival Spanish army in which whichever soldiers were left joined Cortes in his army. The Aztec then receives a new Emperor named Cuitlahuac as the Spanish begin to revolt from the city. Finally, on August 13, 1521the newest emperor Cuauhtemoc surrenders to Cortes which was the fall of the