Cortes' army

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Q1: How did Cortes build a large army?
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It took nearly three months for Cortes and his men to reach the outskirts of Tenochtitlan.

By this time the Spanish had made an alliance with people who were enemies of the Aztec. These peoples sent armies along with Cortes.

By the time he arrived in Tenochtitlan, on November 8, 1519, Cortes was leading an army of 20,000 (but of these only 500 were Spanish – and there were only 16 horses).