USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -With their superior weaponry and horses, Hernán Cortés overthrew Montezuma and the Aztec Empire, while Francisco Pizarro defeated Atahualpa and the Inca Empire, garnering land and treasure for Spain.As a result of the actions of Cortés and Pizarro, two of the most developed civilizations in the New World vanished.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro were both famous 16th Century conquistadors, or “’conquerors”’ who explored and conquered territories in the Americas for the Spanish crown.

Detailed explanation-3: -conquistador, (Spanish: “conqueror”) plural conquistadores or conquistadors, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two most famous Spanish conquistadors were Francisco Pizarro, who conquered the Incan Empire, and Hernán Cortés, who took the Aztec Empire.