Why did the translator choose this passage to include in his collection of aztec writings ? what historical inference does the translator wish to offer the reader ?

Explanation:

In his letters, Cortes tries not to miss any vital information and tries to report all the details about the city. His descriptions make his writing a primary source. Cortes chose certain topics which makes his writing audience-oriented. He also mentions the knowledge about the geology of the area because it was the indicator of life and death for early conquerors. Additionally, Cortes describes the beauty of the city, its wealth, rare objects, including the barbarity and ritual abuse of Aztec religion.   

The effect the sight of Spanish Conquistadores had on the Aztec people.

Explanation:

Miguel León-Portilla (1926-2019), was a Mexican historian who specialized in research of ancient Aztec culture. His most famous work "The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico" (1959) introduces the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire from the point of view of the Aztec people. When the Spanish Conquistadores first arrived, they brought with them a series of items Aztec people were not familiar with, and they were deeply impressed by what they saw: gunpowder and cannons ("a thing like ball of stone comes out of its entrails"), iron armor, and horses ("deer"). The intent of the translator is for the reader to understand how deeply impressed the Aztecs were, and how they tried to describe these unknown items in terms familiar to them.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]