[SampleMan]

How did a hundred Conquistadors take out the Aztec Empire? Conveniently left out of most all accounts are the ~40,000 non-Aztec natives who rallied around the Spaniards to defeat their brutal overlords.

The history of the stone age Americas is one of constant warfare, misogyny, slavery, and brutality.

[La Lydia]

How did a hundred Conquistadors take out the Aztec Empire?

In addition to the non-Aztec natives who allied with the Spanish, the GREAT DIFFERENCE was technology. The Aztecs were living in what was essentially a Stone Age material culture. The Spanish brought, among other things, weapons, iron, steel, metal armor, the wheel and horses as well.