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The strategy that Hernán Cortés used to conquer the Aztec Empire Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, saw its greatest period of prosperity between the years 1325 and 1521 A.D., but it was conquered by Spanish invaders headed by Cortés less than two years after their arrival.
Why did the Aztecs end up being defeated? There are three primary motivations that led to the conquest of the Aztec people: the desire for wealth, the want to bring glory to oneself or one’s nation, and the desire to convert the people to Christianity. The wealth and natural beauty that the conquistadors discovered in Mexico astonished them when they first arrived there.