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    this was not the case for the Inca Empire. The Incas started in a small area in Peru and prospered to become one of the most influential agrarian civilizations (Mahiout, Khan, Karim - Inca Empire). However, the Inca Empire was pushed to its fall by external forces such as disease brought by outsiders like the Spanish conquistadors. Disease weakened the Empire and the conquistadors took advantage of the already crumbling Inca Empire and fully destroyed it. The Inca Empire's decline started when diseases

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    The Aztecs the Incas were the two major empires of the Americas prior to the European colonization. Both empires utilized similar forms of weaponry and armor for their militaries, with only minor distinctions. The organization and operation of the Incas and Aztecs were highly structured and organized. In terms of urban space the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan and the Incan city of Cuzco were both highly organized urban centers. Lastly, the foundation myths of both empires similar the foundation myths

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    The Last Days of the Incas: How the conquest of the Spaniards led to an impact on one of the world’s largest empires. The Inca Empire, shortly after its beginning, fell under the rule of the Spaniards but was still one of the world’s ancient largest empires. It wasn 't until around 1400 that the Incas began to emerge as the dominant regional polity . On the eve of the early 1530 's the Spanish invaded the Incas . However, the Incan rulers had just fought a civil war in which Atahualpa, the emperor

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    Most Inca didn't know about Pizarro's arrival and they weren't ready . Pizarro had many advantages but his greatest advantage were his weapons. Pizarro had weapon technology that were more advanced than the tools that the Inca possessed. The Spanish brought weapons that the Inca had never seen before . Pizarro had guns and steel swords that were hard to break and the Incas only had bronze tools. Since steel was a hard metal , if properly made , the Inca had no chance of winning with bronze tools

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    The Inca Civilization Isha Sura The South American civilization consisted mainly of the Incas civilization which was advanced in architecture, agriculture, technology, language, and government. Architecture included a myriad of monuments and temples made for mostly religious reasons. This civilization invented many tools that led to their achievements of agriculture. They also had many technological advances including roadways and many farming techniques. The Incas had no real form of writing system

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    The political composition of the Inca empire was very structured and had many levels; each level controlling another, all coming together to fairly rule the civilization. The first believed ruler of the Inca empire was Manco Capac who conquered and settled the Cuzco Valley around 1200 CE. Capac was the start to an imposing empire in the making. Later on, in the mid 15th century, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui began “an ambitious, expansionistic empire-building program”. He renovated Cuzco and appears to

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    Tawantinsuyu, the government the Incas created, was a monarchy ruled by a single leader that they titled Sapa Inca. According to Wikipedia, this society “was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and possibly the largest empire in the world in the early 16th century.” The Inca civilization was an accomplished culture from which numerous advanced inventions originated. Of the numerous inventions that were created of the Inca culture that we use daily, one of the Incas agricultural inventions

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    The incas were a very highly intelligent civilization during reign over the Andes in the 12th century. They were passionate about who they were and what they did as a civilization. Although they had many emperors through their all of them influence the inca society and civilization. First, the incas were thought to be a very intelligent civilization in their reign over their land and territory of the west pre-south america. The civilization was one of the largest civilization in the area and happen

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    The Inca Empire was a complex society with an estimated population of 10 million people. They had vast cities, exquisite temples, an advanced government and a detailed tax system. Even though they were not as advanced in technology as other empires they still had their own technologies. Some of their technologies were invented by others, but they helped perfect them. They were one of the greatest empires of their time, but how technologically advanced were the Incas? The Incas did not have many

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    Doc.13.4 Chronicles of the Incas Pedro De Cieza De Leon ca. 1550 Cieza seemed to be in awe of them because of how they conquered other peoples, but treated them with curtesy and respect once the fighting was over with because Spain never did this. His neutral wording of relocation and the political tools they used for this make them seem like benevolent rulers. This allowed the Incas to control the land and people overall, but not have unrest among the conquered, fighting to restore original

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