While engaged in the conquest of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, or maybe much earlier, Cortes is killed in battle. The Conquistador Army and its assortment of native allies, bereft of strong leadership, disintegrates. The Spanish leave America.
The Aztecs have a respite. They will presumably still be afflicted by a devastating smallpox epidemic, but would they be able to assimilate the lessons learned from meeting the Spanish in time for the next invasion. The Aztecs were people of considerable technical ingenuity, but how well would they be able to utilise the reprieve to prepare?
The Aztecs have a respite. They will presumably still be afflicted by a devastating smallpox epidemic, but would they be able to assimilate the lessons learned from meeting the Spanish in time for the next invasion. The Aztecs were people of considerable technical ingenuity, but how well would they be able to utilise the reprieve to prepare?