Conquistadors:
Cortes:
born into a family of lower nobility
His father was an infantry captain for Spanish army
conquered the Aztec empire
Pizarro:
conquered the Incans
only had 168 men 27 horses and 1 cannon
got the defeated soldiers from the Inca civil war to fight for his side
Reasons why for conquering the Mesoamerican people:
treasure (gold,silver)
not fans of polytheistic or human sacrifice
wanted the land to set up new Spanish colonies
slaves
though their rituals was devil like
Issues with splitting the treasure:
division of the treasures produced bloody conflicts
lost more men dividing up the treasure than actually winning it
arrival of Pedro de Alvarado from Mexico in search of Inca gold further complicated the situation for Almagro and Belalcazar
Almagto was executed on 1538 under Pizzaro's command
In lima in 1541 Pizzaro was assassinated
Then Belalcazar and Jorge Robledo were assassinated in 1546
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