COMP Essay Although the rise of the Aztec and Mongol empires did not occur in the same time period or in the same region‚ they are still similar. The biggest similarities are that they both lived almost entirely off of tribute and relied heavily on their armies. However‚ these similarities also came with differences‚ like the fact that their armies used different strategies/weapons. Some other differences were that the Aztecs migrated to Mexico‚ whereas the Mongols were just unified where they
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The entire fall of the Aztec empire started with the fact that Cortes wanted to take over. He wanted to make it fall. So he set out with around 500 Spanish soldiers armed to the aztec Empire. Along the way‚ they came into contact with the Tlaxcala. When the came into contact‚ a battle burst out. Many of men were killed. Soon after many of the Tlaxcala were killed‚ the leaders along with a few other men finally said that they were enemies with the Aztecs and they would join in with the Spanish to
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Many years ago in 1438 AD‚ the Inca Empire was home to millions of people who all lived in a society that was going to continue for decades to come. Their government split the entire empire into four smaller regions‚ each with a ruler to control it. These four rulers were all controlled by the main ruler‚ whom all reported to him. Life in the Inca Empire was different from many other empires in many ways. The founder‚ named Pachacuti‚ led a smaller empire. Pachacuti’s’ name means “he who transfers
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Aztecs I would be a Mayan Aztec is not for me I didn’t choose the Aztecs for a couple of reasons. One of them is the sheer number of people they have. The Aztecs stood at about 6‚000‚000 people‚ which is way to many. They are also very war oriented and formed most of their alliances this way. I‚ personally‚ am much more interested in the arts than in war. If I could choose to live in the Aztec‚ Inca‚ or Mayan empire‚ I would easily choose the Mayan civilization. From a personal point of view‚ I would
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The Aztec empire was of immense population and size which benefited from a central control. Cortes had discovered that his conquest of Mexico would not be as easy as Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas. The process the leadership being killed after gradual trade would not be possible in Mexico. It was the religious beliefs of the Aztecs that gave Cortes and his men the opportunities necessary for conquest. Thesis. The Aztecs were a very complex people. They were a civilization over 2000 years old
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Maya The maya lived in what is known as southern mexico and northern central america including guatemala‚‚ Belize‚Honduras‚ Yucatán Peninsula and El Salvador. In El salvador the maya live there since 1800 and lived to 1960. There captain was Tinkan along with much of maya’s great litters. collapsed around 900‚ although some cities. They did animal and human sacrifices but the king’s blood was sacred and priest would cut themselves as part of the ceremony
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The Spanish conquistadors made contact with the Inca Empire in 1526‚ at the northwestern Inca stronghold of Tumbes. The Spanish‚ in search of wealth and fame‚ were attracted to the awesome riches and supreme power of the Incas. Throughout the next few years‚ a violent and bloody effort to seize power over the Inca people ensued. The prolonged effort of conquest brought many soldiers and missionaries to the South America region. One of the soldiers who made the long journey
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is a book written by Miguel Leon-Portilla that gives accounts of the fall of the Aztec Empire to the Spanish in the early 16th century. The book is much different from others written about the defeat of the empire because it was written from the vantage point of the Aztecs rather then the Spanish. Portilla describes in-depth many different reasons why the Spanish were successful in the defeat of such a strong Empire. Portilla starts out by giving a thorough background of the culture and religious
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The Aztecs and the Aztec Empire Throughout history‚ there have been many different societies and cultures. One of the most technologically advanced and civilized for its times would be the Aztecs. The Aztecs had built an empire with a strong central capital‚ Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was a large city constructed on a man-made island in the middle of a lake. It was the largest city of the time‚ with many advancements such as the highly specialized Aztec calendar‚ and many remarkable forms of medicines
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The Incas religion the Inca civilisation was a colony of millions and stayed that way because of their religion and the name inca came from a king he was descended from inti the sun god Competing gods + christianinity The most powerful god of the Inca religion was Viracocha he was believed the creator of the universe the Inca are more closely associated with Viracocha’s most god Inti the sun god The Inca leader Pachacuti the patron god of the Incas sacred city Cuzco‚ and erected a magnificent Temple
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