The Aztec Empire's Demise: The Clash Between Mexica (Aztecs) and Tlaxcalans

The Tlaxcalan's should be given credit. The Spanish were simply helpers

It's likely that at some point in school, you were taught that the Spanish showed up in Mexico with significant guns, germs, and steel and singlehandedly took down the Aztec Empire. This makes for a compelling narrative of the conquest of America, and rarely does anyone question it. In Latin America, this story is used to hype up the Spanish as the abso…