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Why did Cortes want to conquer the Aztecs?

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He wanted Aztec land and riches.

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Cortes wasn't interested in the Aztec religious objects offered by Moctezuma, (the Aztec ruler who thought Cortez was Quetzalcoatl, the god-king who went east and promised to return), but was extremely interested in the gold and silver ornaments that Moctezuma began sending him.

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Cortes might have wanted to conquer the Aztec because he wanted gold, silver, to convert them to Christianity, glory.

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