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They didn't. The Spanish invaders allied with locals, to the point where some of those locals' descendants had special--though not equal--status into the coloni
by eropple 3y ago
They didn't. The Spanish invaders allied with locals, to the point where some of those locals' descendants had special--though not equal--status into the colonial era as the indios nobles.
- FredPret 3y agoThe numbers were still very skewed
- Amezarak 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_... It's fairly clear that the numbers on both sides are very rough, but it's not what I would describe as very skewed at all. Also, note the Spanish themselves suffered 50%+ losses, which is a horrific casualty rate for pre-industrialized warfare. Aside from that, it's historically very common for one side to win even against much higher numbers with good (even accidentally good) strategy and with decisive bold actions, or even just good luck. edit: also worth mentioning that the Spanish were mostly fighting with their lances and swords, not guns.
- eropple 3y agoYeah, what you describe is not a remotely hot take. The technical advantage, such as it was, for the Spanish invaders was armor more than guns (though that was also subject to being unsuited for climate, etc.).