The Incas were in the midst of a civil war over who should inherit the throne when the Spanish arrived. With primitive weapons facing gunpowder and armor, and a disunited military force, they presented little challenge and were quickly defeated. The Aztecs were only recently dominant in their region, and were widely hated for taking POWs or demanding hostages, as these people were then used as live human sacrifices, their beating hearts torn out and burned on an altar, and their bodies eaten in a religious ritual. The Spanish had little problem getting neighboring nations to help overthrow the Aztecs. Read more: How_did_the_divisions_within_the_aztec_and_inca_empire_help_the_spanish_defeat_the_natives
The spanish conquered the Inca and Aztec empires in America.
the spanish conqured the Aztec emipre and the incas
Aztec and Inca.
a Spanish one
It pretty well destroyed the Aztec Empire, and enriched the Spanish.
They wanted to capture the empires' gold and resources.
Aztec and Inca
They wiped out the Aztec but i can't figure out what the other one was!
They didn't. The Spanish destroyed their empires but the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca peoples remain to this day.
The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztec and Inca empires largely due to their advanced military technology, such as firearms and steel weapons, which gave them a significant advantage in battles. Additionally, they exploited internal divisions and rivalries within these empires, forming alliances with disenfranchised groups. The introduction of diseases like smallpox, to which the indigenous populations had no immunity, decimated their ranks and weakened their resistance. Lastly, charismatic leaders like Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro played crucial roles in orchestrating the conquests.
Spanish Conquistadors destroyed both civilizations.
Both the Aztec and the Inca were defeated by Spanish conquistadors. Both the Aztec and the Inca were New World empires. Both the Aztec and Inca had calendars of their own. Both had gold artifacts that the Spanish wanted.