Compare And Contrast Cortes And Aztecs

tes was a landowner in cuba. Cortes took over the aztecs. He was always the head of expeditions for spain. He landed of the coast of mexico with 600 men,16 hores,and a few cannons. He began his trek toward tenochtitlan the capital. His main goal was to take the gold of it for the spainish empire. Malinche was a translator and advisor for cortes and his army. Along away cortes arranged alliances with other indians to help fight the Aztecs. Cortes destoryed the aztec empire.
Francisco pizarro was interested in Peru’s inca empire. Pizarro was inspired by Cortes and wanted to match his fame and glory. Pizarro didn’t live in cuba like cortes.The inca ruler he was fighting won the throne through a bloody civil war. So when pizarro arrives
to take the inca empire. It was already very weak from the blood civil war they had unlike the aztecs. The inca empire was way weaker then the stronger aztec empire. That cortez had to fight and take over. European diseases killed almost all the indians off that pizarro had to fight. Pizarro was killed few years after seting the city of lime up. He was killed by rival spanish faction.