the 16th century two massive empires ruled over Latin America. The Inca and the Aztec once ruled the area where both empires have many advantages on physical features which lead to the development of the empires. For the better advantage the Inca Empire would excel at the development of their empire better than the Aztec Empire. Living on the Andes Mountains the Inca Empire created Adobe or Stone brick homes from their ingenuity to over come the rainy like weather. With their ingenuity and craftsmanship this civilization created elevated aqueducts that prevents floods hitting their home in which it did work as some still stand.
The Spaniards then held the leader for ransom, collected a hefty reward, and then killed Atahullpa and conquered the Incan Empire. The Incan people outnumbered the Spanish men by 200 to about 80,000, yet they managed to capture the Incans leader. Chapter three is Diamond explaining how that is.
European societies, like Spain, made technological advancements and started to improve long-distance travel, which resulted in a broadening of influence. Diamond explains these aspects that led to conquest and victory for the Spanish - guns, germs and steel. The difference between Eurasian and societies in the Americas, Africa, and Australia regions is that these places lacked suitable domesticated species, faced many geological barriers, and remained isolated to their lifestyle never significantly expanding nomadically or regionally. This made them more vulnerable to diseases. Diseases was the biggest factor that wiped out the indigenous societies in Inca.
The Spanish conquest of the Americas The Spanish conquest of the Americas was used with tactics. Cortes with five hundred and eight soldiers defeated the entire Aztec empire. Through disease which would be the smallpox that Cortes and his men were immune to and did not affect them like it did to the Aztecs. The weapons that the Spanish had were more advanced.
How did an empire like this begin as a small tribe relocating to Peru? After migrating north into Peru in 1200 CE, what started as a small Inca tribe grew into what became the most powerful pre-Hispanic empire in only three centuries (Lockhart). At its peak, the Inca Empire spread across ancient Ecuador, northern Chile, Bolivia, Peru, southern Colombia, and northern Argentina. Overall, the empire covered 5,500 km (3,400 miles) from north to south, and governed some 10 million subjects, with over 30 languages spoken amongst them (Cartwright). Flourishing between 1400 and 1533 CE, the Inca Empire was the largest empire ever seen in the Americas and the largest in the world at that time (Cartwright).
This was a way to allow them to still expand their empire while still being able to provide for their country men. The Inca believed in using force as a last resort. Which led them to grow so large while not having civil war but if you opposed them they would kill everything and one in sight whoever was left was sold into slavery.
Because of early empires like this, the Aztec and Inca empires were able to develop more agriculture systems and technologies. All three of these civilizations had developed before Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquered the Americas. The Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans were able to achieve successful empires through developing agricultural systems, roads and bridges, and new technologies. These civilizations were able to help other empires develop and create new ways of sustaining life and
Their environment affected their culture greatly. They would fish on the coast, and hunt in the mountains. Life in the Andes mountains may not have been the easiest thing in the world, but the Incas still managed to survive. They would build bridges from mountain peak to peak and over gorges for easier and shorter transportation. At around 1460 A.D. their empire split into 4 quarters, Collasuyu (also known as Qullasuyu), Antisuyu, Chinchaysuyu, Cuntinsuyu.
Pizarro did many things to make this damage such as taking lots of their money. In the ransom for Atahualpa, Pizarro was payed with $50 in gold. Soon after, Atahualpa was killed because Pizarro thought he would retaliate. This was the first time the Inca Empire was threatened, so they didn’t have the right supplies to defend themselves. Later, Pizarro destroyed the culture.
In central Mexico, specifically around Lake Texcoco by the 15th century, a new civilization emerged, replacing the Mayas of the 8th century; the Aztec Empire became an independent group in 1428 C.E. and built their empire with the help of alliances made with other conquered regions and military conquest. Meanwhile, in the Andes mountains of western South America, another empire was emerging; around the 13th century, the Inca Empire came to life, eventually spanning 2,500 miles and having up to 13 million people under their rule. When analyzing these empires, many similarities and differences begin to appear. The Aztec and Inca Empires shared some similarities, such as their foundations in agriculture and efficient military organization, but
In the book it mentions that the Maya knew not to go against the Spanish Masters because their military was much stronger than the Mayan warriors. There were very much loss with the Mayan Empire because of the conquest itself. Moreover the Mayans were captured as slaves and sold by the Spaniards for trade and economic purposes. As the Mayan Empire fell there were other tribal groups that would want to seek alliance with the Spaniards.
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All of these lead to the downfall to the Incan empire. The Spanish came out of nowhere and flanked them without them having any idea what was happening. Atahuallpa rushed into battle without knowing. Plus the Spaniards weaponry and horses. With proper strategic advantages and the right power, you can always win no matter the
The Spanish were able to have domesticated animals, but at night, they slept in the same house as the animals. Most animals can carry disease, but the Spanish were always so exposed to the animals that they became immune to the diseases. When the Spanish went to go take over the Incas, they were immune to smallpox. The Spanish spread the disease of smallpox to so many of the Incas that they were decimated. The reason the Incas became sick was because they were never in close contact with their llamas.
Exposé of: The conquest of the Inca Empire - Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Incas and not the Incas the Spanish? In 1532, the New and the Old world collided in Cajamarca in a way that could not have been more drastic. The Inca’s absolute monarch Atahualpa in the midst of his army of 80.000 soldiers encountered F. Pizarro - a Spanish conquistador who set out with a squad of 168 conquistadors to conquer the Inca Empire and extract history biggest ransom. The collision at Cajamarca ended in favor of the conquistadors and marked the sudden end if the Inca Empire.
