How was Cortes able to conquer the Aztec empire

Their is many ways Cortes conquered the Aztecs, one was with conflicted fear. Cortes used fear to scare his people basically making them worship him, and his well the Aztecs didn't have any war-type material. The Aztecs had arrows while the others had gun powder.

He had different stratigies like guns, bows and arrows, and he scared alot of people, and he put fear into people