Compare And Contrast Inca And Aztecs

Although, these cultures had no influence from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, they had many accomplishments in agriculture, architecture, and writing. Such as the Mayans and there temples, the Aztecs with their trading city of Tenochtitlan, and the Incas with their road and bridges connecting the major cities in the empire. Although, the information provided was useful, it would have been at great use to have an extra document on the Aztec civilization. All in all, the three civilizations were very advanced and had many

How did the Olmec, Aztec, Inca, Maya, and North American Indians differ in their ways of life and cultural achievements? How did their particular circumstances—geography, history, or the accomplishments of the societies that had preceded them, for example—serve to shape their particular traditions and cultures?

Religiously, the two societies were very different. The Aztecs had hundreds of gods and goddesses although they praised their sun god, Huitzilopochtli, more than any other god. They Aztecs would sacrifice people (usually prisoners of war) to help give the sun energy to sustain its life. Many of the gods that the Aztecs worshipped were gods of agriculture because of how deeply their society relied on agriculture. The Mongols did not have as many gods as the Aztecs. The Mongols were very open with religion; they were much more tolerant than the Aztecs. Although when the Mongolian great leader, Genghis Khan, opened his mind to Shamanism, the rest of the Mongol society followed him although it was never mandatory to be Shamanistic.

In history we the people have found to realize that the Maya, Aztec, and Inca culture was one of the most incredible findings of their accomplishments. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations were really smart in topics of engineering, writing, agriculture and astronomy. Also all three had their beliefs, and good with agriculture. All three cultures used great technologies in their agriculture like slash and burn, terrace farming. They all hunted for religion, they had a huge belief with the people spread throughout each region. They all had a lot of interest in the use of chocolate in the region, and cultivation. They all were pretty much the same just different beliefs.

The Aztecs and Mayans were similar in location. Both, civilizations were located in the modern day country of Mexico. Also, from the civilizations closest locations the two civilizations were less than fifty miles apart. Both, civilizations also bordered the Gulf of Mexico. The two civilizations were similar in religion. The Aztecs and Mayan religions were both polytheistic. Both, religions also had a supreme deity along with less important gods. They both also had cities with temples as shrines to their gods. The Mayan and Aztecs both also participated in human sacrifice in order to please their gods. The Aztecs and Mayans both believe in an afterlife, heaven or hell. The civilizations were also similar in their writing system. The Aztecs and Mayans both wrote in glyphs. Glyphs are picture that represent letters or words. Also, almost all written documents from both civilizations did not survive. Both civilizations also had a complex calendar. The two civilizations had the

The Aztec and Inca empires are very similar. The Aztec rise to power and formation of

So, as stated before in this essay, the Incas and Mayans had quite a few things in common but they were much more different than similar. Although both civilizations failed, at one point they flourished greatly. They were intelligent and paved the way for things liken mathematics, architecture,

The Maya and Aztec civilizations are two vastly different civilizations, as is to expected, however, despite these differences, they do share a number of similarities.

The Aztecs would fight other Indigenous groups in their area, such as the Cempoala tribe. The people of Cempoala lived in modern day Veracruz, a state in Mexico. The Cempoala tribe was defeated by Moctezuma by the Aztec empire in the mid-15th century. From then on, the people of Cempoala were heavily taxed with sacrifice victims and goods. On the other hand, the Spanish would fight other European nations, such as Portugal. The Portugal and Spain had many battles during this time period. One of these wars included the War of the Portuguese Succession. This war went on for three years, and eventually ended up with a decisive Spanish victory. The different groups that the Aztec and Spain fought against gave them victory in

Before Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 CE, the Aztecs and Incas had existed there for hundreds of years. They were fairly isolated peoples, who thrived in Central and South America respectively. The Aztec and Inca have different ancestral backgrounds; the Aztecs claim to be descendants of the Toltecs2 while the Incas were a series of separate tribes that joined together3. Trade between the Aztec and Inca were rare4, but they were mostly self-sustaining. However, they both conquered mass empires and build large temples. Why was their conquest so successful, and what

Inside any atrocious act committed by a group of people onto another for the sake of greed there’s a message they must spread to justify their actions, for the Spanish onto the Aztec it was ridding the world of heretics worshiping Gods of blood. The Aztec and Inca Empires fell with relative ease to the Spaniards due to a variety of contributing factors. Hesitate action from leadership may have played a role at least for the Aztecs as according to Hernan Cortez; Moctezuma believed that he possibly was a God. Superior weaponry such as steel based weapons/armor played a significant role, as both the Inca and Aztec empires still relied on weapons made from stone and wood. European diseases like small pox also played a heavy hand in the decimation of the native population, as the natives had no immunities to such ailments. The Spanish who arrived with very few men to fight also utilized subject people to fight on their side due primarily to the irritation of the Native Empires long dominance of them. This was mainly utilized in the Aztec Empire’s conquest as they had long sacrificed large portions of their subjects to their Gods in order to appease them. Along with sacrifices, the Aztec required large payments of goods & labor from their subjects further creating tensions.

The Mesoamerica and the Andean regions would not have been the same without the Aztecs and the Incan influence. Although they have some similarities, they differ in religious rituals, political standings, and cultural backgrounds. The

Andean and Mesoamerican civilization had similar cultural ways. One similarity was that they were both polytheistic, believe in more than one god. The Incans is part of the Andean society. They believed in the Creator God Viracocha, Sun God Inti, Thunder God Illapa, and much more. Even though the two civilizations were both polytheistic, the Andeans had gods for the universe’s many elements while the Mesoamericans believed in gods named for Earth’s objects like Chac Uayab Xoc, God of Fish. Another similarity was that they both do sacrifices. They sacrifice so they could please the multiple gods. The Andes usually used a child or slave as the Mesoamericans usually used prisoners of war. Sometimes they sacrifice their own high-ranked. This shows

difference: So first i'm going to tell you what these tribes do different. These three different tribes do different type of sacrifices like the maya do animal and human sacrifices. The inca do children sacrifices and the aztec do just human sacrifices. Another thing they do different is they all different types of tribes and do different stuff. Meanwhile they all have different gods and they worship different gods to. next they are different because the mayan priest cut them selves to start ceremonies and the inca and aztecs don’t do that. They even have different city with different

The Aztecs civilization and the Mayan civilization where the most important civilizations from the new world that amazed many of the Europeans that came to conquer this wonderful rich land. The Europeans where amazed with the Aztec and Mayan culture, their ways of life, their geographical surroundings and their technology. The Europeans and historians today find that the Aztecs and the Mayans where similar in some ways of life like their culture, their technology, their religious events and at the same time they had their differences in their cultures.