How Did The Spanish Conquistadors Fall

The Spanish conquistadors had fierce battle tactics, but what about the Incas? Large numbers, battle tactics, and a strong empire were all characteristic to this civilization. How is it possible for the Incan empire to fall? The Incan Empire was torn apart by the Spanish, due to the geographic luck of the Spanish which resulted in being the first to acquire guns, germs and steel.
The invisible weapon the Incas faced was diseases. A Spanish ship had a slave onboard who suffered from smallpox, who then brought it to the American mainland for the first time (Video Notes). Since the Spanish were surrounded by the disease they became immune. When they went to conquer the Incas, they became infected. All in all, since the Spanish were immune to disease, it allowed them to conquer the Incas. Incas had never seen anything like this, and they didn’t know it was there, which gave the Spanish an advantage over the Incas. Simarlary, the Spanish had domesticated animals, while Incas didn’t (Video Notes). Domesticated animals gave diseases. The Spanish were used to being around this which made them immune. Due to the
When Spanish conquistadors first entered the Incan’s territory they wore steel head to toe. They were well equipped with the best armor in the world (Video Notes). Since the Incas were not used to seeing so much weaponry it intimidated them. Having more solid and strong weaponry helped in conquering the Incas. Adding to this, the Spanish decided to do a surprise attack. This tactic is to surprise attack, kidnap leader and exploit crew(Video Notes). Being able to kidnap the leader and exploit the crew, crumbles the empire which allows it to be conquered. Due to this, since Spanish conquerors were successful in their battle tactics allowed them to conquer Inca. Battle tactics and intimidation of heavy armored steel allowed the Spanish to conquer the