Assignment Paragraph 1: Comparing and Contrasting the Aztecs and the Incas: The Aztecs settled in the central valley of Mexico in 1200 A.D‚ while the Incans settled in the Andes Mountains. The Aztec civilization spoke the language nahuatl but the Incans spoke Quecha. Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas civilization with only few hundreds of men and The Aztecs were conquered by a conquistador named Hernan Cortes‚ who destroyed the population of the Aztecs by the small pox disease. Although these two
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The Inca Empire or Inka Empire[2] (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu[pronunciation?]) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.[3] The administrative‚ political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century‚ and the last Inca stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. From 1438 to 1533‚ the Incas used a variety of methods‚ from conquest to peaceful assimilation‚ to incorporate
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The Inca civilization was a very powerful civilization. The Incas were very successful in the field of culture. They had many different accomplishments and the Spanish Conquest had many effects on the Incas. They carried many different artifacts from their time. One category that the Incas were very strong in was culture. Many of the Incan people wore cloaks and dresses. In the artifact of Simple Dresses (Zuidema 62)‚ the early kings were wearing dresses. As well as women‚ the men had standards
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The Conquest of the Incas The Conquest of the Inca Empire was the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of America. After year of preliminary exploration‚ 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies. In 1528‚ Spanish arrives at border of Inca Empire the empire spanned a considerable distance. Unlike the European the Incas still leaved in secret time. In 1532‚ Pizarro returned to Peru with small private army. At first the local people fed this stranger
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thriving time of expanding civilizations‚ the Inca Empire was new and developing with a unique way to carry a kingdom. The Incans were forced to face diversity in order to be a successful community. Despite a simple way of living their lives‚ the Incans faced a fall in the Empire. With a combination of; a lack of advanced technology‚ a poor military with an unexpected ransom‚ and awful health systems; leading to the downfall of the civilization. The Inca Empire was a strong‚ community-based empire
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litters. collapsed around 900‚ although some cities. They did animal and human sacrifices but the king’s blood was sacred and priest would cut themselves as part of the ceremony Aztec The Aztecs were a people who came into the Valley of Mexico in the 12th century and quickly rose to become the dominant.they lived with them from 1519 to 1521. They worshiped the sun as they taught they were sun children.
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The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Inca were way far advance for their time. They were all thriving well. They were all advance although they still had their differences and similarities. The similarities of the Mayans‚ Aztecs‚ and Incas were their hierarchical system‚ language‚ and mathematical system. The Mayan’s hierarchal system was divided by their class‚ which could be; King‚ Noble‚ Middle class‚ and slaves. The Mayans were also divided by what their jobs were if you were a priest or commoner then you
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More people might be practicing the Aztec and Inca religions. The Aztec is still faintly present in today’s world. The Nahuatl language is spoken by 1.5 million people‚ primarily in Mexico. This language was spoken by the Aztec people before their downfall. After the tragic end‚ the language managed to withstand. Along with the Nahuatl language‚ Tenochtitlan is still somewhat preserved
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The conflict between Spanish and Aztecs The Aztecs were an advanced civilization of people with dominant power that lived in the Valley of Mexico. However‚ those people were destined to fall and this was unavoidable. It is unimaginable that such a strong tribe would have a result ending this devastated. The reason why this happened is that in 1519‚ Hernan Cortes who was a Spanish conquistador arrived on the land of Tenochtitlan (Capital city of Aztecs) along with his men. He was welcomed as if a
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would be carried out and eventually‚ the separation of people to develop their own civilizations. Due to the nomadic nature of the early humans‚ groups were easily categorized based on their preferences in climate and food. Such groups include Aztecs‚ Incas and Mayas who‚ even though lived in a similar physical environments and climatic region‚ branched off to build their new lives in their own new societies. These group of people add new activities to their new found culture that will eventually
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