dnt stay on the battlefield for long, because they ran out of supplies quickly (Age ofReconnaissance 167). The Spaniards didnt destroy the Azteccivilization all by their self another factor which helped the Spanishwere the disease that they brought over to the Americas fromEurope and Africa. The introduction of diseases like syphilis,measles, smallpox, malaria, mumps and yellow fever are just somesickness that plagued the Budhu 2Aztecs. Also the introduction of different species of animals andplants caused a ecological imbalance (Plagues and Peoples176-199). All these are some reasons to why the Aztec civilizationwas destroyed. With the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico rumors started to reachthe ears of Spaniards about a great civilization to the south. Thiscivilization was the Inca. The Inca civilization was inland so it madeit harder on the Spanish to reach them. Unlike the Aztecs the Incaempire was held together by a tight social discipline based oncommercial land holding and a system of forced labor. Disciplinewas enjoined by an elaborate cult of ruler-worship and enforced bya military organization which maintained fortresses and stores atstrategic points (Age of Reconnaissance 170-171). The Incasgovernment was more organized then the Aztecs. One of theirstrengths soon became a great weakness. The system that was setup to chose a emperor. The system tried to keep the purity of theroyal families bloodline by incestuous marriage. The emperorwould have to marry one of his full sisters and have a child whowould then become the emperor upon his fathers death. It was alsoset up to prevent civil war in the kingdom (Inca Decline 134).Huascar became emperor just as the Inca empires problemsbecame critical. The government need reforms, and Huascarbelieved that the royal mummies were the center of all theproblems. Huascar decided that the royal mummies had to beremoved, because they stood in the way of hi...
