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Don't be dense. Read about it https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Conquistadors-Indigenous-Conquest-Mesoamerica/dp/0806143258
Correction: 2 month long continuous battle. Fixed in previous post.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Tenochtitlan
Native American Allies of the Conquistadores, here's a book on the subject:
http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Conquistadors-Indigenous-Conquest-Mesoamerica/dp/0806143258
Aztec ideals of human sacrifice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_religion#Sacrifice
"To the Aztecs, death was instrumental in the perpetuation of creation, and gods and humans alike had the responsibility of sacrificing themselves in order to allow life to continue. "
Yup, there's a sane people!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare
And let's capture people instead of kill them so we have more sacrfices!
http://www.aztec-history.com/ancient-aztec-games.html
And the losing teams of our sports games!
Let's kill them too!
Oh and let's not forget! The people who harvest the sacrifices sometimes wore SUITS OF ARMOR MADE FROM HUMAN SKIN as a glorifying tribute to their gods! And if you sacrificed these people, YOU WERE EVEN MORE HOLY.
How can anyone defend these people? This is a quintessential example of a theocracy, for crying out loud. It's a war between a god-king and a conquistador on behalf of a divine right king. They are BOTH bad guys. Wow! What a concept!
Oh wait! Because they are indigenous people they must automatically be respected. Right. Yeah. Forgot about moral relativism.