Pros And Cons Of The Aztecs

In The Americas, a myriad of Native American empires fell victim to conquistadors. During the Spanish Conquest, there were three important terminated empires. First; the Aztec. Aztecs faced a vast number of difficulties in the upbringing of their new domain. Before all else, they trekked through the deserts of South America by command of their war god, Huitzilopochtli. Soon, they came to find where they knew they had to be by a symbol from their god, an eagle with a snake in its mouth. Here, they established a magnificent kingdom. The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. There were many people in this capital, nearly 150,000 which was more than many of the cities in Europe. The leader of the

If you were a prisoner of the Aztecs, you would be the most likely to be sacrificed. As you can see why many people feared the Aztecs for their brutal ways. Nonetheless, they had done many impressive things. The Aztecs had made beautiful jewelry and clothing, developed an entire language (of which is still spoken today), and used innovative medical work. Not to mention they established one the biggest, most successful cities in their time. Another Native American empire was the Inca empire. The Inca empire reached from Ecuador all the way to the middle of Chile and even included more land than that in other South American countries. There were over ten million people under Inca rule! The leader of the Inca was Pachacuti. The Inca were known very well for their masonry and language. In Cuzco, the Inca capital, there was an ingenious fortress wall that was made by the incredible masons of the Inca era, which still intrigues historical researchers today. As I mentioned, the Inca people were also known for their language system; a system of knots known as Khipu. Khipu is a cord with pieces of yarn attached and knots tied in the yarn to record important statistics or