In the book, "The Broken Spears", Miguel Leon-Portilla provides the reader with a chronological account of the events that lead up to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico. Portilla takes the approach of discussing the entire war, battle by battle. On the contrary, Keen and Haynes, authors of "A History of Latin America", explain the four major aspects of the war that they feel ultimately led to the demise of the great …showed first 75 words of 1823 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1823 total…the four main reasons the Aztecs did not survive the Spanish attack. Naturally, there were several other smaller issues that did not benefit the Aztecs by way of victory, but none more powerful than those addressed throughout this paper. The similarities in beliefs of why the Aztec empire collapsed, between these two written pieces are too obvious to overlook. Keen/Haynes and the Aztecs, as translated by Leon-Portilla; both drew there conclusions with remarkable similarity.