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We do not have first-hand information from the Inca people about the beginnings
of their empire because the Inca did not have a written language. People who
study the Inca civilization have pieced together information from different
sources. They believe that the Inca people started living in the Cuzco Valley in
A.D. 1100.
By the early 1400s, the Inca empire still reached only 20 miles beyond the capital
city of Cuzco. Rulers Viracocha Inca, and later his son, Pachacuti Inca,
increased the size of the Inca empire through conquest. From the 1400s to the
early 1500s, the empire grew and developed.
After a civil war in the Inca empire, the triumphant ruler Atahualpa agreed to
meet with a Spanish explorer named Francisco Pizarro. This was in the year
1532.
Instead of the peaceful meeting Atahualpa expected, the Spaniards took him
captive. Atahualpa tried to meet the Spaniards' demands for silver and gold, but
he was killed in 1533. The Inca army fought the Spaniards but lost the war in
1536. Inca warriors continued to fight the Spaniards. When the last Inca leader
was killed in 1572, the Inca empire was officially over. Like the Aztecs, many
inhabitants of the Inca empire died as a result of the diseases the explorers
unknowingly brought with them. The Spaniards forced the Inca to convert to
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How was the government set up after the fall of the Aztec and Inca empires?
they would set up for winter
What country conquered the Maya Inca and Aztic empires?
Spain conquered the Inca and Aztec Empires. By the time of European arrival, the Mayan civilization had imploded four centuries prior.
How did Maya Aztec and Inca disappeared?
They didn't. The Spanish destroyed their empires but the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca peoples remain to this day.
Which Native American empires did Spanish conquistadors conquer?
Aztec and Inca
How are the rise and decline of the Byzantine and Seljuk empires different?
seljuk´s were muslim and byzantines were chrystian but theydid grow and fall in the same part of the world
What contributed to the fall of the Inca and Aztec empires?
the incas were in a civil war
How was the government set up after the fall of the Aztec and Inca empires?
they would set up for winter
What country conquered the Maya Inca and Aztic empires?
Spain conquered the Inca and Aztec Empires. By the time of European arrival, the Mayan civilization had imploded four centuries prior.
What powerful empires at about the same time?
Some powerful empires that existed around at the same time were the Aztec and Inca Empires. However, the Inca Empire was much larger.
How do empires Rise and Fall?
Civilizations rise and fall out of revolution (economic, political etc.). Usually a war of some kind where they are overtaken and the rule of that civilization is defeated. This may create the rise of a civilization where their is a new power ruling.
What empires did the conquer in the Americas?
The spanish conquered the Inca and Aztec empires in America.
How were the decline of the Aztec and Inca empires similar?
he Aztec and Inca empires are very similar. The Aztec rise to power and formation of an imperial state was as spectacular as it was rapid. The Aztecs were simply one of the nomadic tribes that used the political anarchy to penetrate the area of sedentary agricultural peoples
Which of these postclassical empires was located in the Americas?
(.)(.)
Who is credited for the conquering the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Spain
What empires thrived at the same time?
Aztec and Inca
Who were the powerful empires at about the same time?
The Aztec and Maya empires were powerful around the same time as the Inca.
Who were powerful empires about the same time?
The Aztec and Maya empires were powerful around the same time as the Inca.
