Compare and contrast essay DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AZTEC AND SPANISH RELIGIONS When studying the "Age of Discovery", one always thinks of Columbus first. Since Columbus was identified with being an employee of what is now known as Spain, we often focus on Spanish exploration as a starting point for the "age of discovery". One of Spain's most notorious conquests involved Mexico and a people known as the Aztecs. The Aztecs, like many other Indians, were …
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…the infidels. The Aztec and Spanish religions were different in many ways, but they were also similar in many ways. Both of them reflected their cultures at that period of time. In both cases, we would find their actions to be repulsive. As the Aztecs waged war on neighboring tribes, the Spanish waged war on neighboring countries and religions. Neither religion was any better than the other; both religions had their good and bad features.