They also incorporated less powerful tribes into their empire yet they achieved this through negotiation and intimidation rather than war. Their stronghold was the area currently known as Peru, the capital being Cusco. These conquered communities had to pay tribute, a kind of tax, to the Aztecs, which was often quite a burden for these smaller tribes. The Aztecs were the most powerful tribe in this area and incorporated smaller tribes into their empire through war, including the Tlaxcalans and the Mixtecs. The capital was Tenochtitlan, a city in the middle of Lake Texcoco, and the Aztec ruler at the time of the Spanish conquest was Montezuma.
The most extensive native community, in the area currently known as Mexico, was the Aztec Empire. However, as with much of early modern history, where one prospers, another must suffer, and life for the indigenous people of America drastically changed.īefore 1492, indigenous tribes ruled America, the largest being the Aztecs and the Incas. Whilst this was not the aim of his voyage, this discovery served to bring far greater benefits to not only Spain, but, in time, the rest of Europe and the wider world. Despite initially believing he had reached Asia, Columbus soon realised that he had happened upon a wholly new continent, the land we know now to be America. In 1492, the navigator Christopher Columbus, funded by the Spanish Crown, sailed westward from Spain in hopes of finding a new sea route to South and Southeast Asia. 12 October 1492 marks an event which was to change life on both sides of the Atlantic forever this date represents the discovery of America.
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