currently undergoing civil unrest. After their father’s death‚ two brothers‚ Huascar and Atahualpa‚ were battling for the thrown. Pizarro was intelligent and took this time to study his enemy. Immediately following the defeat of his brother Huascar‚ Atahualpa turned his attention to the Spaniards. By then‚ Pizarro had educated himself on the Inca’s war
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under 200 men against a few thousands‚ draws Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor’s respect. In spite of the fact that Atahualpa had about 80‚000 fighters with him in the mountains‚ he went to the feast with just 5‚000 unarmed men. A traveler with Pizarro urged Atahualpa to change over to Christianity which he refuses not to. Pizarro at that point open fire at the 5‚000 unarmed Incans who were altogether slaughtered in about an hour. Pizarro kept Atahualpa alive for some time just because it’s more
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or complete disappearance of most groups of Native Americans.” This battle was between the Incas and the Spaniards. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a Spanish army of 168 soldiers; he was going against an army of 80‚000 soldiers led by Atahualpa. Pizarro was 1000 miles away from reinforcements‚ and knew nothing about the local inhabitants. The stakes were all against him. Yet Pizarro was able to win
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king next. Atahualpa‚ son of the former king‚ killed his half brother in order to become king. Atahualpa invited us to a feast‚ thinking we were no threat. While there‚ I asked the king to give up his religion and accept King Charles the Fifth as a sovereign. Atahualpa angrily refused‚ and my men attacked. The incan soldiers were no match for our guns. We held Atahualpa for ransom‚ and the incas promised a whole room full of silver and gold. After we received the gold‚ we killed Atahualpa anyway and
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But everything soon changed course. Pizarro and his following men captured Atahualpa. The Spaniards planned to make a deal: give Atahualpa back to their forces in return for vast riches. In 1533 after receiving large treasures‚ Pizarro’s men (the Spaniards) executed Atahualpa. “Pizarro then advanced southward to Cusco‚ the Inca mountain capital. The conquerors took control of the city later in 1533. In 1535‚ Pizarro founded
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ECUADOR Before becoming Ecuador in 1830 it was known as the Vice royalty of Granada. Western imperialism and exploration led Spain to inhabit this Gold mine. Thesis: Slide 1 The year 1492 brought about many changes in the Old World that forever altered the way we understand and perceive the New World. Imperialism and Colonialism soared to new heights and brought two completely different worlds into a crash course forever entwining cultures‚ laws‚ religion‚ and customs in North and South
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The Inca of Peru lived in a rough environment that only a few would survive. The Inca had tribes called the Moche‚ Nazca and the Paracas. They would barley lasted 100 years. This movie is about there accomplishments and struggles. Machu Picchu a city that laid hidden for many years until 1911 when a American explore Hiram Bingham discovered it. It was high in the mountains‚ it had been there for 400 years. High in the Andes mountains were the environment was harsh. The Inca people adapted
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Although some may consider the fall of the Nahua and Inca empires an encounter of the Spanish‚ the meeting of the two cultures was a conquest because the Spanish brutally defeated and took over the indigenous cultures with the help of many advantages. There are three major factors which contributed to the successful conquest between the Spanish and the Nahuas‚ also known as the Aztecs‚ and Incas. First‚ the Spanish leaders had experience in forming alliances with indigenous people. Second‚ the
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by bringing disease with him. Pizarro wanted to meet with the ruler of the Inca who was Atahualpa. He sent his captain‚ Hernando de Soto to meet with him‚ he also sent a horse with his captain‚ this would impress and surprise Atahualpa‚ since he had never seen one before. Atahualpa was convinced and decided to
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Cortes and Pizarro easily conquered the Aztecs and Incas. How far do you agree with this statement? Many people tried to conquer places in the past. Cortes and Pizarro both succeeded. Together they were the most famous conquistadors‚ they went barefoot and came back from their expedition multi-millionaires. They were extremely lucky which made things easier. Cortes and Pizarro were both at the right place at the right time. For Cortes‚ Montezuma thought that Cortes was the God Quetzalcoatl
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