Aztec Empire

Victory over Spain 1519-
Moctezuma II had been Emperor for 17 years when Hernán Cortés and the Spaniards landed on the Gulf Coast in the spring of 1519.

Cortés allied himself with the Aztecs’ long-time enemy, the Confederacy of Tlaxcala, and arrived at the gates of Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, guests of the Aztecs.

The Spaniards became increasingly dangerous and unwelcome guests in the capital city. In June, 1520, hostilities broke out, culminating in the massacre in the Main Temple and the death of Montezuma. The Spaniards fled the town on July 1, an episode later characterized as La Noche Triste. They and their native allies returned in the spring of 1521 to lay siege to Tenochtitlan. however the Aztecs, under the leadership of the new emperor Cuitláhuac, who successfully defeated the Spanish at the battle at the gates of Tenochtitlan in 1521. after the first Aztec Spanish War the Aztecs suffered greatly from introduced diseases introduced by the Spanish, primarily smallpox. eventually the Aztecs became immune to the disease, but only after 35% of the population had been wiped out. once the Aztecs had shaken off the effects of the plagues, they began an intense period of Modernisation, realising that they needed to modernise if the Spanish ever returned. they heavily reformed their religion, removing human sacrifice and cannibalism from it, so the nations of Europe could not use religion as a pretext for invasion. at the same time the Aztecs began learning how to build Spanish weapons and learn Spanish tactics for war. gunpowder was in short supply though, as was metal, so traders from Britain and France traded weapons for gold. they also taught the Aztecs how to mine and smelt metal, and manufacture metal weapons and armour. Supplied with advanced weapons, the Aztecs went to war with, and defeated, the Confederacy of Tlaxcala. after the war, the Aztecs did not mass murder their prisoners of war, instead sending them to work at the metal mines. all this was meant not to aggravate the European nations from going to war, a war the Aztecs knew they would lose.

The second Aztec Spanish war 1612
the Aztecs remained Neutral for 91 years, remodeling their empire on the European nations. Meanwhile the Spanish were falling. a disastrous war with England in 1588, and were low on wealth. the defeat by the Aztecs still ate away at them and finally in the early 17th century, the decision was made by the Spanish king Philip III decided to gather a vast army and destroy the Aztecs once and for all. the fleet of 45 ships left Spain for Cuba in august 1611, and reached Cuba in November 1611. 9000 men, 200 cannon, and 300 horsemen landed at exactly the same spot Cortes landed 91 years earlier. Aztec scouts spotted the army 3 days later and the news spred to Tenochtitlan. The Aztec army quickly mustered their forces to defened the capital their forces were trained with there newly aquired training and arms. they ingaged the spanish but were only able to do holding actions A large majority of aztec force ecaped. King Philip III told his generals to crush the Aztec foces that ecaped the the srcond siege of the Aztecs capital in the battle of Talaxa the Aztec army used it's new Eurapean tactics To great effectivnes and captured or killed 3700 men 67 cannons and captured 39 horses with this defeat it showed England that The Aztecs were a force to be reconed with and soon restarted it war with Spain this forced Philp to recll his troops to spain. The Aztec empire had emerged stronger and now had a new valuble recouce: Horses.

the years of prosperity 1800-1900
During this time the Aztec armies clashed with the Spanish yet again in the American/Aztec-Spanish war of 1898. the war ended with Cuba a free country allied to the Aztecs and the US.

Conflict on the horizon 1920-1941
the Aztec Empire was flourishing in the 19th and early 20th century's, while its southern neighbour, the Incan Empire was weakening. Its empire had always been less stable than the Aztec Empire, but by the start of the 20th century it had lost several border states to its larger northern rival and the inca empire was powerless to stop them. its economy was in a shambles, the emperors grossly incompetent and the industrial level way behind. the elected governments were weak, the emperor still having complete autonomy. when in 1918 it joined the first world war on germany's side the incan armies were soundly defeated at the Battle of Chicken Itza in what once was the Mayan empire.

after the war, the Incas were made to pay reparations, which shattered what was left of the national dollar. when the great depression hit in 1929 the Incan empire was hit bad and almost collapsed. Unemployment soared, especially in the larger cities, and the political system veered toward extremism. this helped the Fascist Jaguar party gain power. the Jaguar Party was named after the big cat that lived in the jungle, and was modeled on its ferociousness. the jaguar party was headed by a man named Acot Huasac, an ex-airforce pilot during the first world war who blamed all the Incas problems on the Aztecs. Once the jaguar party came to power and Huasac became president, it wasted no time. new roadworks were implemented, the silver mines near Quito reopened, and reparations suspended. a new national flag was created, with a pouncing silver jaguar as its emblem.