what are the similarities between the collapse of the aztecs and the inca?
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The Inca and the Aztec warriors only had weapons made of wood or stone. while the spanish had armor, horses, and metal or steel swords. As a result, both of the empires could be easily taken down. Well, these are some of the reasons why the fall of the Inca empire and the fall of the Aztec empire were similar.
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Invasions by Barbarian tribes The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders.
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The Aztecs, like other Mesoamerican societies, had a wide pantheon of gods. As such they were a polytheistic society, which means they had many gods and each god represented different important parts of the world for Aztec people. Whereas a monotheistic religion, such as Christianity, only has one god.
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The spread of disease Influenza and smallpox were the main causes of death among the Inca population and it affected not only the working class but also the nobility.
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1 Answer. The overthrow of the Aztec Empire by Cortez and his expedition rests on three factors: The fragility of that empire, the tactical advantages of Spanish technology, and smallpox.
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The king of the Aztecs lived in a large palace with many rooms and gardens. All of the wealthy had a separate bathing room that was similar to a sauna or steam room. Bathing was an important part of the Aztec daily life. Poor people lived in smaller one or two room huts that had thatched roofs made from palm leaves.
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Aztecs vs. Mayans. The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking people who lived in central Mexico in the 14th to 16th centuries. ... The Maya people lived in southern Mexico and northern Central America — a wide territory that includes the entire Yucatán Peninsula — from as early as 2600 BC.
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The beliefs and practices that the Inca believed was their ruler was related to the sun god, and would bring wealth and power to them. And only men from one of 11 noble families believed to be descendants of the sun god could serve as king.
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Inca was ruled by Sapa Inca, the emperor who had absolute power. This emperor was also the empire's religious leader. Aztecs were polytheistic. They build huge temples and pyramids in dedication to their god Huitzilopochtli.
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One by one, the Classic cities in the southern lowlands were abandoned, and by A.D. 900, Maya civilization in that region had collapsed. ... All three of these factors–overpopulation and overuse of the land, endemic warfare and drought–may have played a part in the downfall of the Maya in the southern lowlands.
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The Incas. Cuzco was the center of the Incan empire. The Incas, an American Indian people, were originally a small tribe in the southern highlands of Peru. In less than a century, during the 1400s, they built one of the largest, most tightly controlled empires the world has ever known.
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The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking people who lived in central Mexico in the 14th to 16th centuries. Their tribute empire spread throughout Mesoamerica. The Maya people lived in southern Mexico and northern Central America — a wide territory that includes the entire Yucatán Peninsula — from as early as 2600 BC.
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The Maya were native people of Mexico and Central America, while Aztec covered most of northern Mesoamerica between c. 1345 and 1521 CE, whereas Inca flourished in ancient Peru between c. 1400 and 1533 CE and extended across western South America. ... The Maya used two calendars.
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1. Invasions by Barbarian tribes. The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders.
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The Mayans are an older people and were around a thousand years before the Aztecs even arrived in Central America. ... The Aztecs spoke Nahuatl, while the Mayans spoke Maya. Their names for God too were different. Aztecs called him Quetzalcoatl and the Mayans had Kukulcan.
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The Incan empire and the Aztec triple alliance were political units, not ethnicities, so there are no more of those alive today than there are citizens of the Roman or Tang empires, even though there are vast quantities of their descendants.
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After death, the soul of the Aztec went to one of three places: the sun, Mictlan, or Tlalocan. Souls of fallen warriors and women that died in childbirth would transform into hummingbirds that followed the sun on its journey through the sky. Souls of people who died from less glorious causes would go to Mictlan.