Great Batle of Otumba

twisting plant fiber plants together and scoops were made out of woven reeds.They got the cord from plant stems. They use these tools to hunt for fish. Their clubs were only used for hunting and warfare and were made with wood, rope, and stone. Swords were made out of stone, rope, and silk. Bolas were made for hunting they were made out of ropes and weighted end swung around and launched their enemy. Their shields were round. They used blowguns to hunt birds and they were poisonous and were made out of mud, poison, and silk. Helmets were made out of wooden plates and

The Aztec and Spanish weaponry was both similar and different. The Spanish and Aztec had variations of a spear that were used in battle. The Aztec spear was a long piece of wood that was sharpened at both ends. The tips of the spear were also hardened in the flame of a fire. A Spanish spear was similar but was not double sided. Spanish spears also had sharpened steel points at the end. Although the Spanish had steel weapons, the Aztec made weapons with obsidian blades. For example the maquahuitl (war club)

Spanish weaponry consisted of swords, pikes, horses and early guns. The Spanish Conquistadors introduced a type of warfare never seen in the Americas, cavalry warfare. The soldiers on horseback were almost as intimating as the soldiers who used guns. The Aztecs thought horses were gods, which concerned the Aztec because they were sitting on top of these “gods”. [2] The Spanish also had the advantage of having steel armor, which protected them from the natives’ projectiles, and weakened hits against the Aztec obsidian swords.[3] Their wounds were limited to the limbs, of unarmed regions like their face and neck. Which lessened their risk of death, while the opposing natives were left vulnerable. The Spanish fired shots from their harquebus, an early musket, which stunned the natives and further intimidated them.

The Aztec and Spanish were both some of the strongest nations in the place they inhabited. The Spanish went to war to collect territory for their homeland in Spain. The Aztec went to war to please their gods and collect prisoners to sacrifice. The Spanish war strategies were for taking over the land they desired without war, but if it came to it they would fight. The weapons that both nations used were very dangerous, but were well suited for what they nation needed them for. The Aztec weapons were mostly for capturing prisoners. The Spanish weapons were used mostly for killing and were very durable. The Aztec and Spanish both had different reasons for going to war and the types of tactics they use

The Tlaxcaltecs were a very important tool for the Spaniards, giving them the proper navigation and short paths to get to Tenochtitlan along with food and shelter. The Spanish did carried many advantages over the Aztecs throughout their conquest; the use of cannons and artillery, an ally who new the Aztec ways very well, and the simple fact that the Aztecs at first thought the Spaniards were `gods'. Would you really want to fight your God and not be intimidated? The use of cannons and gunfire was foreign to the Aztecs; they fought with stones, bows and arrows and had never before seen or heard of such a weapon. "Then the captain gave orders, and the messengers were chained by the feet and by the neck. When this had been done the great cannon was fired off. The messengers lost their senses and fainted away (26)."

Because of this thinking, I feel the Aztecs never made technological advancements to bigger and better weapons which would later come back to haunt them when faced by an opponent that was fighting to kill such as the Spanish.

The Bow and Stable were the less strenuous form of hunting. They used the bow and stable

Broken Spears was first published in 1959 in the Spanish language and then in 1962, when it was translated and written in English. What was interesting about the Aztec Empire was it included diversity by involving numerous tribes. Broken Spears includes strong and promising statements that hold high accountability for the information passed along to the readers. For example, in the forward passage of the book, “This history . . . was written at a time when those who took part in the very Conquest were alive. . . . And those who gave this account [were] principle persons of good judgment, and it is believed they all told the truth (xviii). With their good judgement and honesty, it still didn’t prepare them for what they would face against the

They made the Battle Axe by a knot in a root or branch with a convenient to make a good battle axe. also would put frog poison on the darts and put them in the blowgun. Stone weapons, tomahawks and battle hammers were made from rocks of the correct overall shape by sharpening one edge and grinding a binding groove around the stone using other, harder stones.

The Spanish and Aztec both had weapons that allowed them to be successful in their battles. The Aztec had sharp weapons made out of wood. An Aztec weapon was the wooden spear, a sharp weapon the Aztecs would thrust at their enemies unprotected parts such as the eyes and throat. If an enemy was hit with a spear thrower at the correct amount of force, the weapon would pierce their armor, according to anthropologist Harald Prins. But, the Spanish had long steel weapons. One of these weapons was the sword. The sword could be used to stab an enemy with ease as it was double edged and razor-sharp, according to the textbook Worldviews 8. Since the Aztec and Spanish both had threatening, yet different, weapons, they both

The Navajo Indians had to make their own weapons, such as the bow and arrow. The bow and arrow was one of the main weapons to use to kill animals. The Navajo Indians used other weapons like prayer sticks, claw dance stick, war shields, tomahawked,

”California Indians. 1999, p6. 2p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Chart, 1 Map.” The mesquite and willow wood provide a flexible and strong base for the bow, which allowed the Cahuilla to hunt game from a distance. They also implemented another weapon that was similar to a boomerang that was held in one hand and tossed at smaller game. The throwing stick would incapacitate or stun the game in order to provide a chance for the Cahuilla hunter to acquire their prey ”http://www.augustinetribe.org/cahuilla.html”. Hunting was a big part of the Cahuilla life when the seasons would allow it. Using the seasons as indicators when their game would produce offspring, and when they were able to start hunting was no easy task as it shows excellent organizational and planning skills.

They were pretty late invention but the bow and arrow was an ultimate stone age weapon, in some parts of the world they have only been in use for 30,000 years or so. This weapon needed a number of inventions to occur before it could be finalized. First of all they needed very strong tine or string, they needed a sharp stone tool to shape the bow and the arrow and the possession to split very sharp, fine stone for the arrow tips. The skill to capture or kill prey from a distance gave our stone age man a huge advantage.

     A second major theme, which played a very important role in this event, was the incredible advantage given to the Spanish due to their technology. The Aztecs were an advanced civilization with a large infrastructure, an organized system of government and many artistic and cultural achievements. However, they severely lacked many important advantages that were common in Europe at that time. The Aztecs had no iron tools or weapons,

The history of weapons started centuries ago when cave people initially developed a weapon called a bow and arrow, for hunting purposes. They created this weapon from yew or elm for the bow and the arrow’s shaft, and used animal ligaments, or sinew to add tension to the bow. Archeologists have also found arrow heads made of sharp rocks and angled bones from different types of animals. These artifacts are all over the world displayed beautifully in museums to make new civilization realize the important role weapons have played in daily life.