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The Spanish invasion of Mexico in the early sixteenth century provides us with an early case study of
European power and its consequences for non-European peoples. For this written assignment, place yourself
in the position of a historian attempting to explain the conquest of the Mexica (Aztecs) by Hernán Cortés and
his far-outnumbered band of conquistadors. For evidence to support your position, you will use the primary
documents compiled in The Broken Spears. Avoid using material in the editor’s introduction and postscript,
since this is an exercise in primary source analysis.