Compare And Contrast The Inca And Aztecs

The Aztec’s and the Inca’s were the natives of modern day Mexico and South America. The Aztec’s were overthrown by a Spanish man named Hernan Cortes. The Inca’s were overthrown by another Spanish man named Pizzaro. The Spanish brought over diseases that killed off ninety percent of all native people. Even if the Natives were immune to the disease, they still would have been conquered by the Spanish.

In class we learned about how one of the Aztec god was a white male with a beard. They believed he would return in the year 1519. The year 1519 was also the year Hernan Cortes went to Tenochtitlan (modern day Mexico City) to gain gold and glory, and also spread the word of God. Back then most men grew beards, and Hernan Cortes was a white male.

The Aztecs believed he was their god, but couldn’t fully trust him until they challenged him. Cortes’ challenge was to defeat the Aztecs in a battle. The Spanish had steel, swords, guns, and horses; while the Aztecs had wooden clubs and cloth to cover themselves. It was inevitable. The Aztecs were going to be defeated. All the Aztecs believed Cortes was their god, so they let him and his men further into the city, therefore spreading the disease. Even if the disease wasn’t there, the Spanish still had guns, and other advancements that the Aztecs didn’t have.
The Incan empire was having a civil war at the time Pizzaro went to South America to do and to get what Cortes had gotten.

The war was between two half brothers fighting over the crown, Huascar and Atahualpa. When Pizzaro landed in South America, he happened to run into Huascar. He killed Huascar and traveled farther on land. Atahualpa wanted to meet the man who killed Huascar and thank him for killing the man who was threatening his position as king. When they met, Pizzaro gave Atahualpa the Holy Bible and told him it speaks the word of God. Thinking that the book actually spoke, Atahualpa put it up to his ear and waited, but when it did not speak, he got frustrated and threw it to the ground. This made the visitors angry at him for disrespecting their religion. They started fighting, and Atahualpa found a way to escape. Some time after, Pizzaro kidnapped Atahualpa hoping to get a ransome. While Atahuapa was in Pizzaro’s home, he learned how to speak spanish and he read the Holy Bible. A few months after he was kidnapped, the Incan empire came up with the money to get their king back. Pizzaro was all too happy to accept the ransom, but realising he would lose the power of keeping the king hostage; he murders Atahualpa, taking over the Incan

empire.
Even if the Natives were immune to the disease, they still would have been conquered by the Spanish. The Spanish were way more advanced than the Natives with guns and steel, the Natives stood no chance with their wooden clubs. The Aztecs and the Incas were very powerful where they lived, but compared to the Europeans they were adolescent. That is why the Aztecs and Incas stood no chance against the Spanish.