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˜He is concerned not only with the military hegemony of the West, but also its economic and geopolitical hegemony, and he attributes all three to the West's unique culture and exceptional sociopolitical institutions[Rob08].'.
The Battle of Tenochtitlan, which was fought between the Aztecs and a small Spanish army, is compliant with the thesis that Hanson develops as to why the western ˜Way of War' far outweighed the power and multitude of success of any other culture over the past 2500 years. This was a battle which numbers wise should not have been won by the Spanish. Nevertheless Hernan Cortes and his army battled their way through the Native American superpower of the Aztecs and further see their downfall to nothing more than history. It shows that the Western Culture not only has superb military prowess, but the ability to completely dominate other cultures on the battlefield and in wars is also related to the economic, geopolitical and sociopolitical supremacy. .
Logistically speaking, there was almost no possible way for the Spanish to even come close to taking down the Aztecs. Hernan Cortes came with 1,300 men to South America, whose population may have truly exceeded one million people; this was just statistically ridiculous to think about. The superiority of Hernan Cortes as a military leader was severely underestimated by the Aztecs; also the culture and society that made up the people of the Spanish army gave them advantages that were truly distinguished factors in what was to come. One thing that the Spanish had was the fact that they were so much more culturally advanced than the Aztecs. Mind you, the Spanish did also have great fortune with timing when they came to Tenochtitlan, ˜The cyclical nature of the Aztec calendar and some ancient Aztec prophecies had foretold a return of their god Quetzalcoatl around this time [Tim07].' However, this was showed a weakness in the culture of the Aztecs compared to the West.
