Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict



Lesson 4

How did Spanish and Aztecs view the religions of others?

The war between the Aztecs and the Spanish was not just a war of military battles. It was also a war of cultures – a culture clash. The groups saw the world very differently.

One of these great differences was in religious beliefs. The strong differences between the religious beliefs of these two nations contributed to the animosity between them.

The Aztecs’ religious beliefs were very different from those of the modern western world.


Aztec temple