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What conditions prevented Cortés from defeating the Aztecs in 1519 but enabled him to prevail in 1521

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Competing conquistadors arrived and fighting broke out which killed half the Spanish in 1519. Then later in 1521 European diseases killed most of the Natives which allowed Cortes to lead a brutal attack and succeed. 
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