Cortes Conquest of Mexico and Shifting Human Standards
In a spring and summer campaign Cortes fought across three causeways and by fleet routes to the heart of the lake city of Tenochtitlan. The passage notes atrocity on both sides, condemns the butchery of life yet warns that conquerors sought to bring Christianity and civilization, suggesting historical progress through brutal conflicts and the evolution of humane standards.
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Four hundred years since Cortes in Mexico
From the Christian Science Monitor a retrospective on Cortes and the siege of Tenochtitlan. The piece credits Cortes with audacity, outlines early Spanish strategies against Aztec cities, and notes how a fragmented indigenous landscape aided conquest.
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