By capturing Atahualpa at Cajamarca, the conquistadors had essentially defeated the Incas. Without its leader, the rest of the empire fell easily. Pizarro demanded a massive ransom for Atahualpa, consisting of an entire room filled with silver and gold. He then executed him, replacing him with a puppet ruler. Although several rebellion attempts occurred over the next 40 years, all were unsuccessful, and the Spanish finally colonized the region in 1572 as the Viceroyalty of Peru.…
2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru, in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for Spain, and also added to their silver.…
The story of how Pizzaro conquered the Inca Empire is when he first journeyed to the Isthmus of Panama with a Spanish conquistador, Vasco Nunez De Balboa, and how Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific. Then Pizzaro heard a rumor about an Empire in the South that had a lot of gold like large amounts of gold and how they had sculptures of solid gold of Inca riches. Then, in 1531 Pizzaro then left 180 men in Panama in an attempt of the conquest to conquer the Inca Empire and take advantage of the Incan Civil war and civilization. When the conquistadors arrived at Atahualpa they opened fire on unarmed men which made the Spaniards capture Atahualpa and also, capturing large amounts of Gold and Silver which made Pizzaro and retained true…
Timing was everything for the Spanish forces as their efforts came amid an Inca civil war led by two feuding, power-hungry brothers (Atahuallpa and Huascar). The Incas inhabited a vast and incredible territory that sat atop the Andes Mountains in Peru and they enjoyed three decades of civilization. But, when a right to succession became an issue, the Incan people were split and the stage was set for what would become a complete shift of national control.…
A central factor for the Inca expansion and ruling was how they conquered…
During this conquest, Pizarro had the advantage. They had many advantages over the Incans because they had powerful weapons such as horses with armor, cannons, steel, and guns. They led with a powerful advantage with diseases. The people who were originally living there were never exposed to these diseases such as smallpox. They did not have the immune system to fight off these diseases. It slowly killed a significant amount of the population. Other natives tried to defend their land but many did not have what it took.”…
When the Spanish conquistadors came upon the Inca Empire, they realized that there were bountiful amounts of treasure such as gold and silver, which tempted them to conquer the empire and found their own colonies. Consequently, the conquistadors, led by Francisco Pizarro, fought the Inca and utilized their steel weapons and horses, as well as the smallpox virus to rout their enemies. The conquistadors easily defeated the Inca, who were already fighting a civil war before the Spaniards arrived. In order to legitimize their ruthless killing of the Inca, the Spaniards said that they were ridding God of His enemies and preventing the Inca from insulting His rule. The supposedly religiously motivated clash between the Spaniards and the Inca resulted in the decline of the Incan Empire and the expansion of Spanish rule throughout Central America. It wasn’t European intellectual superiority, but a war incited by religious beliefs, inner turmoil, as well as a smallpox-endemic that weakened and resulted in the conquest of societies in Central and South…
When the Spanish captured Ataxalpa and killed him, they essentially disintegrated the Inca bureaucracy as the Incas identified Ataxalpa as a godlike absolute monarchy. Also the Spanish has something that the Inca didn’t, firearms, weapons that capable of mass destruction.…
In the 1500s 80,000 Inca were defeated by only 168 Spaniards, but how? The long term effect on the Inca defeat was the Spanish technology compared to the Inca technology. The Spanish conquistadores had developed guns, they also made steel swords where the Inca had only bronze weapons, the Spanish also had developed a written language while the Inca people had never even seen a book. Spain and all the rest of Europe had developed the plow and other farming techniques such as attaching the plow to animals. This use of animals also gave the Spanish an advantage because they soon became immune to livestock born diseases which they brought upon the Inca. All of these advantages gave the Spanish the upper hand in the fight with the Incas.…
The Incas had suffered six years of damaging civil war and Atahualpa was only just enjoying his reign when the Spanish arrived. Weakened by introduced diseases by Europeans which wiped out millions, and the civil war the Incas could do nothing against the better-armed invaders who would stop at nothing to gain the marvelous riches of the empire.…
The Spanish due to their inferior weapons, the bold war tactics of the Spanish and the eventual capture of both empires’ emperors defeated the Incas and Aztecs. However, in both societies the single greatest factor that led to their ultimate demise was the smallpox epidemic. This epidemic swept through Latin America and took a hold of both of these empires and affected them with catastrophic results.…
The Mayan,The Aztecs,Then Inca all went through similar predicaments. Their society was kinda the same they all had godlike emperors and religion was very important to them. All the tribes were very big and successful and they all got attacked and taken down by the Spanish. The Mayan tribe didn't work together to prosper as a civilization, the tribe was divided by both class and profession. The Mayan was never an empire and the reason why they are not around today.…
The Americas are places where beautiful empires from ancient populations settled, spreading their culture, architecture, knowledge, and art, among other qualities. Two important empires that were raised during 600-1550 CE in the Americas are the Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica, and the Inca Empire in the Andes. “The Inca Empire and its contemporary Aztec Empire grew out of political, economic, and cultural pattern that began to form around 600 CE” (Von Sivers et al. 433). The Inca and Aztec Empires are an important and valuable piece of history that represent the innovations and rapid growth from the past cultures. There are several comparisons and contrasts with the Inca and the Aztec Empires that include: societies, architecture, culture, and…
The Inca’s, an ancient civilization, that is now confronted with the mighty Conquistadores. The conquistadores have come to occupy their land and, must take action, but the odds of their success are low because the Inca’s numbers are so high. With the Conquistador’s animals, knowledge, and weapons, they were able to justify their actions and defeat the Inca’s.…
1476 – Pizarro was a Conquistador from Spain who defeated Inca Empire. Because of his success, Spain was able to expand into the Americas and acquire the treasure of the Incas…