1. The exceptional weakness of the Aztec government at the time, namely the one of its ruler Montezuma, who was an extremely cautious and superstitious man.
2. The existence of a prophecy about the return of the red haired God Quetzalcoatl, who was supposed to come from the East. In fact, the Spanish arrived from the East, their colony in Cuba, and …
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