AZTEC AND INCA

ORIGIN OF THE AZTECS

• aztecs were not welcome to the valley of mexico in 125o ad
• a king in that area gave the, land with an abundance of snakes, which they roasted on for food
• that started the belief of quetzalcoatl, the sun god

AZTEC CLASSES

• Emperor
• nobles
• commoners
• unskilled laborers
• slaves

Inca's class structure

• emperor
• nobles
• commoners

commoners' rules

• the government had many rules but one rule that was that the government was allowed to choose who an incan person could marry

Warfare

• boys were trained at a young age
• aztecs fought for increased land and prisoners for sacrifices
• incan people forced captured enemies to join the military and learn quechua, their language

SACRIFIces

• sacrifices were made to please gods
• aztec citizens sacrificed humans, food, blood, & animals
• the inca normally only sacrificed food and animals. humans were only sacrificed during times of disaster and/or special occasions

aztecs defeated by the spanish

• hernan cortes wanted to escape the extremadura in spain
• he was mistaken for quetzacoatl
• the spanish brought over smallpox, making the aztecs weak

INCA EMPIRE DEFEATED BY SPANISH

• pizarro was given advice by cortes about native americans
• spanish invited atahualpa to a meeting & he made two mistakes
• the spanish charged at the inca empire many times
• spanish brought smallpox

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