Talk:Aztec Empire
From Alternative History
Have you been playing Empire Earth II by any chance? --Sikulu 10:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
The Aztecs were not defeated by Cortes - they were defeated by small pox. A second group of Spaniards arrived in 1520 with the intent to stop Cortes from messing up relations with the New World empires. One African slave in that group had small pox and the disease spread to all central America. The disease killed around 90% of the indigenous peoples.
Your POD is in 1521, so it is already too late for the Aztecs. You need a different POD or a different timeline.
- If you pick a POD prior to 1520 you may delay the introduction of small pox. Perhaps the Aztecs could adopt some of the new world technology before they are devastated by the disease and retain enough of the technology to resist the Castilians.
- You could keep your POD and have the Aztecs depopulated by smallpox while the Spaniards are not a threat. When the Spaniards return they find a nearly empty country. The Mayan empire, for example, had fallen long before this time and the Yucatan was mostly jungle. The Spaniards took over 200 years to defeat the new-Maya where it took only 2 years to defeat the Aztecs. So if the Aztecs succumb to smallpox before the Spanish armies can take advantage of that fact, then the Spanish may well not be able to take over all of central America, and a new Aztec-like civilization may be able to arise. AirshipArmada
Can whoever is changing the stuff im doing on this please stop, the world war 2 part doesn't match up to the stuff i have already writen, and that bugs me Das Taub
[edit] Religious Reforms
you stated that priest in general were massacre due to a backlash against human sacrifice. Not every gods however demanded them so you might have instead a more specialised massacre of gods' clerics like those of tezcatlicopa but other gods, chief among them Quetzalcoatl, might be spared. This could even lead to the adoption of a monotheistic religion in Aztec land with the featered serpent being the main focus of worship and other gods being relegated to the status of "Quetzalcoatl's messengers" or some such thing.--Marcpasquin 10:34, 15 February 2008 (EST)
[edit] The Incans and their Cats
You do realize the Incans worshipped the puma, not the jaguar right? I've never even heard of jaguars being that far south, I could be wrong though. Mr.Xeight