The Conquistadores conquered Mexico City quite rapidly with the assistance of tens of thousands of warriors from tributary tribes tired of paying high taxes (and captives) to the Aztec.
The Spaniards didn't do it on their own!
The Conquistadores conquered Mexico City quite rapidly with the assistance of tens of thousands of warriors from tributary tribes tired of paying high taxes (and captives) to the Aztec. The Spaniards didn't do it on their own!
Ummm. Those would be the aforementioned freed slaves. And it was a heck of a lot more than a few tens of thousands.