### q2 Europeans fought to kill while Aztecs fought to capture > One very key thing was the military culture in general, simplifying a bit you can say the European waged war to kill while the Aztec were known for their ritual war to take prisoners for sacrifice. And indeed they had both been doing this hundreds of years. Military technology is very much the collective refinement of practices, tactics, strategy and culture as much as the weapons themselves. - [[How Cortés' invasion of Mexico was able to be successful#q2 Europeans fought to kill while Aztecs fought to capture|View in Vault]]