What impact did Europeans think they were having on Africa itself, including African states and rulers?

At the time of beginning the conquest of Africa in the late-1800s, the European powers considered that they were "civilizing" the African continent, by imposing its culture and its political, religious, social and moral values over those of the African nations, to which they considered behind in such aspects.

Thus, they dedicated themselves to restructuring the borders and political organizations of the African nations, modifying the conditions in which they developed and implying a cultural clash with them.

tenochtitlan (also spelled tenochtitlán), located on an island near the western shore of lake texcoco in central mexico, was the capital city and religious centre of the aztec civilization. the traditional founding date of the city was 1345 ce and it remained the most important aztec centre until its destruction at the hands of the conquering spanish led by hernán cortés in 1521 ce, which led to the final collapse of the aztec empire.