the conquistadors- it comes from the spanish word conquerer. were soldiers, explorers, and adventurers at the service of the spanish empire. they were obsessed with honor and reputation. spanish soldiers had a rep for rowdiness, and duels were not uncommon.
Cortes- born to a family of lower nobility. his father was an infantry captain for spanish army. he is 2nd cousin once removed from pizarro. he conquered the aztec empire.
pizarro- spanish conquistador. conquered the incan civilization. only had 168 men 27 horses and 1 cannon. got the defeated soldiers from the incan civil war to fight his side.
reasons for conquering mesoamerican people- treasure, polytheistic- not fans of it. human sac was not well recieved practice world wide at this point. exploring and wanted the land to set up spanish colonies- very successful. slaves. thought the rituals they did were devil like.
issues with splitting treasure- produced bloody conflicts. one between pizarro and his right hand man, he told him to go to incan city cuz of the gold and silver. he thought pizarro wasnt gonna get any of the cut. three people were on the gold run now and pizarro knew about it. once they were back in spain, pizarro had the 2nd hand man killed for treason. a few years later the 2nd hand mans son got supporters and they turned on pizarro and killed him in revenge. best friend of 2nd hand man is still upset so he goes after the governor who let pizarro kill almagrado.
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