On February 1 1519 the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztec Ways the the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs is with improved technology new diseases and the Spanish s advanced military These advantages that the Spanish had ultimately led to the fall of the Aztecs A cultural advantage of the Spanish had were types of weapons and armor that were used to fight the Aztec The Spanish used were lances and swords made of steel The Aztec also had weapons that were similar to swords but where the Spanish s swords were made of steel the Aztecs swords called Macuahuitl were made of with wood that had obsidian protruding from each side The steel swords that the Spanish used was a huge advantage over the Aztec when there was hand to hand combat The steel swords were much much stronger and durable than the Macuahuitl the Aztec used A misconception many have about the battle of the Aztec and Spanish is that the firearms the Spanish had was the biggest reason why the Aztecs fell While the Harquebus firearm was good for terrorizing the natives it was ineffective during war do to its weight and time it took to load One other technology that helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec is the the armor they used The armor consisted of of a thick breastplate arm and leg greaves a metal skirt and to top it off a gorget for the protection of the throat and neck ThoughtCo Though the Aztec had padded armor and wooden or bronze shields it was nowhere near as strong as the armor of the Spanish An Aztec warrior with a macuahuitl a stone club or a bronze mace was no match against Spanish warrior combined with a steel sword and steel armor One of the main reasons the the Spanish were able to defeat the Aztec is because of a psychological conflict they brought to the Aztec
