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Ordinary people had very little. Farmers used wooden sticks for gardening and knives for hunting and harvesting. People made their own clothes. They dyed cloth to make the clothes, or sell at the local market. they slept on rush mats and cooked on a clay disc on three stones over a fire and stored food in clay pots. There food was also simple Maize, a type of corn, was the Aztec's main food source. The Aztecs also ate tomatoes, avocados, atole (a type of porridge), tortillas made from maize, and tamales, a kind of envelope made from steamed maize stuffed with vegetables or meat. Aztecs also ate chocolate. In their culture chocolate was reserved for warriors and nobility. A drink of cacao mixed with ground maize was believed to provide stamina and was used in sacred rituals. Chocolate was a drink for the elite. The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in 1521, led by Hernando Cortes, was a landmark victory for the European settlers. Following the Spanish arrival in Mexico, a huge battle erupted between the army of Cortes and the Aztec people under the rule of Montezuma. The events that occurred were crucial to the development of the American lands and have been the subject of much historical debate in present years. The poor Aztecs were left poor and half dead my the time they were defeated. Their great civilization broken They would have seen all the interesting thing brought by the new people and they would be jealous and want the newer technology. And would like to merge the two great civilizations, Or maybe that they could live in peace with the Spanish people. The conquistadors were soldiers of fortune looking to find gold and/or other plunder to enrich themselves since they had no prospects of prosperity at home in Spain. They were aided and encouraged by fanatical priests who ostensibly joined the expedition in order to convert the Aztecs. The Aztecs were destroyed primarily because the Spanish had superior weapons, namely firearms, but there were also cultural factors, including a belief by the Aztecs that the leader of the Spaniards was their god, Quetzalcoatl, come to earth in human form. Many got destroyed by a disease that the Spanish brought to Tenochtitlan (centre of the Aztec civilization) The Spanish, led by Hernando Cortez, came to the Aztec civilization. The Aztecs thought they were gods. The Aztecs gave them food covered in human blood and the Spaniards went to war with the Aztecs and more than 33% of the Aztecs were killed by small pox. But some survived the killings and the small pox and were Christianized and used as slaves. After the conquest many of the Aztecs were left homeless and many family members and friends had died, But after all that they were Christianized and became Mexican “Indians”. the Aztec nation died in 1521. The Aztec Empire and the Nahua nations, as political entities, were destroyed. First, the Spaniards didn't engage in genocide against all Nahua speaking people. And to truly destroy a culture, one must destroy all of the people who belong to it. The Spaniards had an economic interest in keeping enough native alive since they could use them as slaves or serfs to the Spaniards, and this way make the new colony profitable for themselves and for mother Spain. Their cities and homes were mainly destroyed or used by the Spaniards. Because the Spaniards wanted all the gold to themselves and the new land and did not bother sharing.