Essay On The Inca Empire

The Aztecs were introduced to Smallpox, Measles and Mumps right after they defeated the Spanish in the Night of Sorrows. The diseases had a massive effect on the population, and killed a quarter of the population within 3 years, including the Emperor Cuitláhuac, and many other important military leaders (The Fall of the Aztec Empire, 2006). A description by an Aztec shows the effects of the disease on the general population “There was indeed perishing; many indeed died of it No longer could they walk; they only lay in their abodes, in their beds… And when they bestirred themselves, much did they cry out. There was much perishing… Like a covering, covering-like, were the pustules. Indeed many people died of them…” (Bernadino, 1529). The source shows how the disease was killing the population, and how it weakened them as they died. The sight of these foreigners, immune to this disease, as everyone they knew died, would have had an immense psychological effect on bystanders. Another source states “He enslaved much of the native population, and many of the indigenous people were wiped out from European diseases such as smallpox” (Szalay, 2017). It shows us the treatment of the Aztecs after the collapse of the empire, and proves that disease affected the Aztecs, even after the Europeans conquered them. The constant disease and pestilence after the arrival of the Europeans led to the collapse and eventual extinction of the Aztec

Like the Athenians and Spartans of ancient Greece, the Inca and the Aztec bear resemblance to the two other ancient cultures. The Athenians and Incas were both more interested in developing their Arts as well as their military, but both the Spartans and the Aztecs were highly interested more so in warfare than religion. Although the Aztec and Inca never had to face each other, it is interesting to compare them because of their dominant positions of extremely large and powerful tribes. I am going to compare and contrast religion and the social system along with their system of government, which can be put together.

The empire was located in Peru, and pizarro landed on the coast in 1532. This was just after a bloody civil war, in which Atahualpa had won the throne of the Inca from his brother. The ruler refused to become a Spanish Vassal or to convert to christianity. Pizarro, in response, captured him with the aid of indian allies. They slaughtered thousands of Inca, and demanded a high ransom price for Atahualpa. The Inca paid the price, and the Spanish killed the leader anyway. Despite continuous resistance from the Inca, Pizarro made his way across the Incan heartland and conquered the empire. From peru, Spanish forces ran rampant through Ecuador and Chile, and before long had most of South America to its growing empire. Pizarro was killed by a rival Spanish group a few years after establishing the city of

The Mayan, Inca, and Aztec civilizations each originated from Latin America. The Mayans lived in southern and central Mexico, other Mayans lived in Central America in the present day countries of Belize, Guatemala, and ancient Honduras. The Incas lived along the long coastal strip, and in the high peaks and deep fertile valleys of the Andes Mountains, and along the edges of the tropical forest to the east; this would be the country of Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina in present days. The Aztecs were from Aztlan located in both north and northwest Mexico.

The Aztec and Incan empires both had strong armies. In the Aztec empire by the early fifteenth century the Aztecs were powerful enough to overcome their immediate neighbors and demand tribute. During the middle decades of the fifteenth century, the military elite that ruled much of Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs launched ambitious campaigns of imperial expansion. Know as “the Obsidian Serpent” Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma advanced first to Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. After capturing Oaxaca and slaying

The Inca Empire, the massive nation that extended 2,500 miles along the western coast of South America and had a population of over 7 million at its peak. It included all of what is now Ecuador and Peru and most of Chile. Known as “The Children of the Sun”, they excelled at craftsmanship, weaving, and culture (“Children of the Sun”). A very religious people, they worshiped the Sun as their supreme god and held religious festivals monthly to appease these gods. Although they did not value it aside from its beautiful appearance, the Inca Empire was home to millions of pounds of solid gold and silver. The Inca had no use for it except to use it to craft decorations and statues. In fact, an Inca citizen valued cloth more than they valued gold

The Incas and the Aztecs Before the Spanish and Portuguese "discovered" the New World, there

During the 15th century, there were two leading empires of Mesoamerica. The Inca Empire, which was located in what is now Peru and the Aztecs, whose area was located in what is now Mexico. Both the Aztec and Inca empires were advanced civilizations with a good economy, agricultural developments, and religious practices that spread across the region of Mesoamerica.

The Incas Empire began around 1200 and lasted until the Spanish arrival in 1532. They were the largest civilization in pre-Columbia with a territory of 380,000 square miles and a population of about 7 million. Around 1400 the empire began its expansion stretching along the western coast of

The Incan Indians started as a small tribe in South America in pre- Columbian times. According to Lin Donn, author on the website, Inca Empire for Kids Quick History, “The Inca empire started as a small tribe who lived in the village of Cuzco, high in the Andes Mountains of South America. One day, another tribe tried to conquer them. Thanks to

The Inca Empire began in 1438 and was conquered in 1532. After the death of Huayna Capac, civil war erupted between his two sons over the succession of the throne. Eventually Atahualpa imprisoned his brother and consolidated his rule in Cuzco. Francisco Pizarro came face to face with each other. Atahualpa didn’t want a battle, however, they each had different worldviews. “In a surprise attack, the Spanish, with far superior weapons and the benefit of surprise, slaughtered the Inca entourage, captured Atahualpa, and held the Inca ruler hostage” (Seaman, R., 2014). After this, the Incas tried to resist, they Spanish were to strong and the Inca empire died out after the last Inca ruler, Tupac Amaru was captured and executed.

The Aztecs were warrior people who lived in the Valley of Mexico, with the capital at Tenochtitlan, during the 1400s. Under their authoritarian state, the Aztecs worshipped their patron god, Huitzilopochtli, among other deities. Despite their warrior tactics and developed belief system, the Spaniards conquered them in 1519. The Incas (or Inkas) were the people who lived throughout the Andes Mountains from southern Peru to central Chile. With a society based on agriculture, the Incas farmed the terrain of the Andes Mountains west of their capital at Cuzco. The Incas suffered a fall to the Spaniards in 1532. The Aztecs from the Valley of Mexico in the 1400s and the Incas from throughout the Andes Mountains during the 1400s are similar and different because of their ideological and intellectual values, their rise and fall by conquest of their empires, and the way they applied the characteristics of their economies to their lifestyles.

Aztec was a rich empire in central Mexico . Aztec claimed their vast territory just century ago they were not supported by the people as they demanded forced labor , huge tributes and large scale human sacrifices from their subjects.Hernan Cortes a young ruthless noble man lead a expedition from Cuba a Spanish colony in 1519 with 600 men to conquer the Aztec empire. Soon he was joined by Tlaxcalans a native tribe as allies. Emperor Moctezuma II tried diplomacy to stop the Spanish forces and allies but Cortes pushed forces towards their capital with fire arms, cavalry and steel swords. Emperor offered a hand of friendship and invited them to his palace.

Built at the height of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu is not only one of the world’s most stunning man-made wonders, but possibly the most well-known relic of the Americas’ most powerful civilization. At the time the structure was built, the Incas ruled the largest nation in the world ; it covered much of South America's west coast and its borders stretched from present day Colombia, southward to the border of modern day Chile. The empire thrived from the twelfth to the fifteenth century until the Spanish conquest in 1572. Although the empire expanded at a rapid speed and covered abundantly diverse areas, Incan emperors effectively unified their empire and maintained legitimacy both socially and politically, by employing unique organizational

The title "Inca Empire" was given by the Spanish to a Quechuan-speaking Native American population that established a vast empire in the Andes Mountains of South America shortly before its conquest by Europeans. The ancestral roots of this empire began in the Cuzco valley of highland Peru around 1100 AD. The empire was relatively small until the imperialistic rule of emperor Pachacuti around 1438. Pachacuti began a systematic conquest of the surrounding cultures, eventually engulfing over a hundred different Indian nations within a 30-year period. This conquest gave rise to an empire that, at its zenith in the early 16th century; consisted of an estimated 10 million subjects living