FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
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Atahualpa
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horses and superior metal weapons
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terraced farming
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Francisco Pizarro
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main view is that the Inca were eventually defeated due to inferior weapons, ‘open battle’ tactics, disease, internal unrest, the bold tactics of the Spanish, and the capture of the Inca’s Emperor.
Detailed explanation-2: -The day was August 29, 1533. Fighting between the Spanish and the Incas would continue well after Atahualpa’s death as Spain consolidated its conquests. Pizarro’s bold victory at Cajamarca, however, effectively marked the end of the Inca Empire and the beginning of the European colonization of South America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Inca, by comparison, had never worked iron or discovered the uses of gunpowder. Geography had not endowed them with these resources. Nor had they received technologies from other advanced societies within the Americas. This included a technology even more critical to Spanish success than their weapons, writing.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish weapons included heavy metal swords and shields, some had guns and perhaps cannons. The Inca’s weapons were by far inferior to those of the Spaniards. The Inca used heavy cloth, wood, and leather for their armor.