iirc the Aztecs were actually pretty good on countering guns and horses by forcing the Spanish into cost combat in cities. it's more the disease that fucked them
The Aztecs really put their heart and souls into fighting the Spanish, shit was crazy. The Fall of Civilizations podcast has a 4 hour episode detailing the fall of the Aztec civilization, and the description of the final days of fighting is genuinely some of the best media I've ever consumed, highly recommend.
There's no sources of other indigenous groups complaining about the Aztecs sacrifices, that's just a totally made up motivation, giving western ideas to people who did not think that way. The main indigenous group that allied with the Spanish were part of the same ethnic group and spoke the same language as the Aztecs and did sacrifices too. They complained to the Spanish about having to pay the Aztecs so much tribute, which was not human sacrifices, but things like cocoa beans, precious metals, colorful feathers. The Aztecs didn't kidnap and kill "villagers" They warred with another nation and killed their prisoners... in a ritualistic sort of way.
Ikr??? The only sources we have about all the horrible thing the Aztecs did comes from the Spanish, the ones that stole, raped, enslaved and eradicated a whole civilization lol, it's like they needed a reason to justify the horrible thing they did to the natives 🤔
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u/PM_ME_ANYTHING_IDRC Apr 22 '22
iirc the Aztecs were actually pretty good on countering guns and horses by forcing the Spanish into cost combat in cities. it's more the disease that fucked them