Broken Spears by Miguel Leon-Portilla

Broken Spear is a book written by Miguel Leon-Portilla on the decline of the Aztec empire in the early 16th century. Because this book is written from a favorable position of Aztecs rather than Spaniards, it is quite different from other books on empire failure. The details of Portilla explain the many different reasons the Spaniard succeeded in breaking such a powerful empire. Portilla first offered a comprehensive background of culture and religious beliefs.

Miguel Leon - Portilla's "broken spear" is a detailed view of Spain's conquest from the conqueror (Aztec). The selection of Leon-Portilla of the event depicted in this book combines the whole picture of the reader of conquest of Spain. This book provides an emotional human view of historical events and helps readers understand and sympathize with the fears and fears faced by Aztecs. This book also provides detailed details on the relationship of superstitious, poor (or misguided) leadership to the technical disadvantages that led to conquering the Aztecs.

The book "The Broken Spears" by Miguel Leon-Portilla explains the Spanish conquest in a comprehensive and graphical manner. This book tells stories from the perspective of the Aztecs. In this story the choice of events drawn by Miguel combine to give viewers a broader understanding of the collapse of Spain. This book explains historical events in a expressive and human way and helps readers understand and understand their fears and fears experienced by Aztecs. Likewise, this book provides comprehensive details on misleading leadership, superstition, and technical inferiority that led to Aztec failures.

In the book "Broken Spears", Miguel Leon Portilla offers readers a chronological record of the conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico in Spain. Portilla took an approach to discuss the whole war, the fight of battle. On the contrary, the author of "Latin American History" Keen and Haynes explained the four major aspects of the war that they believed ultimately brought the demise of Aztec 's great empire. They firmly believe that the differences in firearms, illness, worldview, and the inland areas are the four main reasons why the Aztec empire could not protect its land and people well. Keen and Haynes briefly described the events that happened in Mexico more than 500 years ago, but their arguments are very similar to those provided by Leon-Portilla. In this article I will talk about the factors that led to the collapse of the Aztec empire.