Azteca Empire and Inca Empire
The Aztec Empire, also known as the Mexican Empire, Empire Tenochca or Tripe Alianza, was called as a political, territorial and economic control entity, this was located in the central area of Mesoamerica, during the late postclassic, before the arrival of the arrival of the Spanish people. To be more exact, they were located in the Valley of Mexico from Tenochtitlan to Yucatán; The Aztecs originated from 1325 to 1521, it can be said that the Mexicans were a large tribe of nomads, because they formed one of the largest empires in pre -Columbian America in just 200 years, but all that endured until the arrival of The Spaniards who was directed by Hernán Cortés.
On the other hand, it can be mentioned that the Inca Empire, had its origin in the territory of Peru, is known from its existence since the 12th century, with the leadership of Mango Cápac. The origin of the Empire goes back to the victory of the multietnias that was led by Pachacutik Inca Yupanki in front of the Chanca Confederation in Yawarpampa in 1438, it is worth mentioning that this empire reached a maximum expansion with its leader Pachacutik in the year of 1438-1471, Its expansion was through the territories of Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and the entire Peru. In the mid -16th century it was the end of this great empire, because of the capture of the Inca Atahualpa, by the Spaniards, that was how they managed to end this empire.
Developing
On the part of the Spaniards it can be said that their domain in the New World concentrated on some islands and coasts of the Caribbean, they had encountered some tribes and striking amounts of gold, but nothing of the Aztec empire did not imagine. In 1518 the news that beyond the Yucatan Peninsula was an empire of huge wealth, this empire was treated, this empire was Azteca. At the time the news was disseminated, Governor Diego Velázquez began planning an expedition of conquest and choosing who will direct this expedition, ended up assigning Hernán Cortés, but Diego Velázquez did not completely trust him so he ended up removing him from the command, but You could say that Cortés did not care because he advanced to dismissal and marched before when it was too late to stop him.
In 1519 he left Cuba behind where he had a well -off life to bet everything in an illegal expedition in which he did not know what he would find, on November 8, 1519 Cortés he arrived in Tenochtitlan, there Moctezuma receives Cortés with great honors, after This begins the Aztec conquest. Hernán Cortés had 500 soldiers who were dispersed in 11 ships counted several armor, firearms, swords and horses, something that the Aztec empire did not have, we can see how the Spaniards were more strategic, because of that I will make known the causes of The fall of the Aztec Empire and Spanish success.
- The conquerors were soldiers, adventurers and mercenaries, while the Aztec empire was formed by farmers and workers as well as soldiers.
- The Spaniards brought with them a slave with symptoms of fever, which caused a contagion in the Aztecs.
- As the Spaniards had horses, they made ambush against the natives to terrorize them.
- The Aztecs confused Spaniards as divine beings.
- There was a military cause, because Hernán Cortés paid several strategic ones, the main one was the cutting water cut from Tenochtitlán to Tlatelolco, due to them the Aztecs began to run out of water and therefore without food.
- The economic cause, because the Aztecs submitted to pay tribute to the conquered peoples.
When the Spaniards began the conquest of the current Peru in 1532, this region was dominated by the Inca Empire that has the beginning of the 16th century its empire called the Tahuantinsuyo encompassed a territory that none more had done so in pre -Columbian America. The leader of this expedition was Francisco Pizarro. The governor of the Inca Empire at that time was Huayna Cápac, who had to endure several rebellions of his people, causing the Spaniards to see that as an attack strategy, Cápac died between 1527 and 1528, leaving his two heirs Huáscar and Atahualpa, there was a fight between the two in which Atahualpa won to those who called him son of the sun. In 1532 when the Spaniards arrived in Cajamarca the Incas had finished a civil war in which the children of Huayna Cápac faced, who were Huáscar and Atahualpa. Pizarro had planned a plan to defeat Atahualpa’s troops, Pizarro had said that they were going to find themselves in Cajamarca, as Atahualpa accepted died in the course of the war.
After Atahualpa’s death, in 1533 Pizarro declared the end of Tahuantinsuyo, but that did not mean the end for the Incas, since Pizarro names the descendant of Huayna Cápac as a new Inca (1), Manco. He received the Spaniards when they arrived at Cuzco, after that a series of strategies were unleashed by Manco Inca against Pizarro, even during the war he had a strategy that ended up paying her a brother of Pizarro with death. Finally, during the final assault on the fortress, many warriors of the defense of Manco Inca died, thus being defeated. We know that for this empire to have crossed there are causes of them one of them are:
- The fight between the two brothers Huáscar and Atahualpa, since they struggled for the throne that left Father Huayna Cápac, because of this Pizarro took advantage of the time to attack them.
- The Spaniards had greater technological advance such as firearms, weapons benches, armor and domestication of animals, something that did not have the Inca Empire.
- The Spaniards carried diseases such as smallpox and measles throughout Central America, which expanded throughout South America, before the arrival of Pizarro.
- There was a political factor, because the Incas only had a leader who was the Inca.
- There were also problems with the economy, since being in the war they forgot agriculture and livestock which caused food escasses.
- Religious problems were developed, because the Incas believed that their leader was a divine being, son of the sun god, but Pizarro demonstrated before the Incas that he was a common being like the others.
In conclusion, we can notice that both Hernán Cortez and Francisco Pizarro implemented strategies to put an end to these great empires, in a nutshell we can say that they were more cunning, since they had a better knowledge in terms of wars, in addition to that and His army had several advantages in terms of evolution, in both cases they used more advanced weapons, had an army with more experience and carried diseases, which weakened these two great empires.
One of the main causes of the fall of the Aztec Empire is that the conquerors were soldiers, adventurers and mercenaries, while the Aztec empire was formed by farmers and workers as well as soldiers. Another cause is that the Spaniards brought with them a slave with symptoms of fever, which caused a contagion in the Aztecs. As the Spaniards had horses, they made ambush against the natives to terrorize them. As for the Inca Empire, the Spaniards saw the right time to attack, because they had knowledge about the fight of Huáscar and Atahualpa, the Incas also thought that their leader was a divided being, but Pizarro announced that it was not so. Thus, the disunity in these empires arose, because the two conquerors Hernán Cortez and Francisco Pizarro caused all these problems causing the end to these two great empires of pre -Columbian America.
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