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Identify whether the following views About war belong to the Spanish conquistadors or the Astec

Identify whether the following views About war belong to the Spanish conquistadors-example-1
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Spanish Conquistadors: Fought wars primarily to gain land and riches/fought wars to primarily take prisoners.

Aztec:Offered the conquered people to gods as sacrifice/didn't hesitate to instantly kill the conquered people.

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Spanish Conquistadors: a) Fought wars primarily to take prisoners.

b)Fought wars primarily to gain lands and riches.

Aztec: a) Didn't hesitate to instantly kill the conquered people.

b)Offered the conquered people to gods as sacrifices.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Spanish conquistadors were ruthless when it came to conquering natives or extracting gold from them. Famous Spanish conquistadors to defeat the Aztec was Hernán Cortés and claimed Mexico for Spain in 16th century.

The Aztecs were the pre-Colombian civilization ruled in central Mexico. Human sacrifice was common in their religion they also followed cosmological believes.

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