s reforms and wealth.This decision became a political disaster. His assault against theroyal mummies caused the high nobility of the empire to turnagainst him. In 1529 a civil war broke out between the crownedemperor Huascar and his half brother Atauhualpa. This civil warlasted for about 3 years ending in 1532 with Atauhualpa emergingas the victor. Unfortunately his reign as emperor was cut short byFrancisco Pizarro and his men who fought and kill Atauhualpa andhis men when they were heading back to Cuzco (Inca Decline134-139). The Spanish invaders of the Americas came for wealth, settlement,and to spread their faith. The storys of the wealth that could befound in the Americas lured many men looking to get rich quick.The governments of the European countries saw the Americas astwo things a place to make money and a way to extend theirboarders. The Catholic church came to the Americas, becausethey wanted to convert these "savages and give them salvation".These are some of the reason to why Europeans ventured in thisgreat unknown called the Americas. When the Spaniards firstarrived in Latin America they were not well Budhu 3organized armies. Most of the men were groups of adventures,arming them self, or hooking up with a leader who would providethem with weapons. While they may not have had the most welltrained men they did have unity and leadership to guide them. TheSpaniards had the upper hand over the Incas and Aztecs in bothtechnology and unity. The Spanish had gunpowder, but couldntuse it frequently because most of it was heavy artillery. They didhave a few muskets, and steal weapons. The Incas and the Aztecswere still using "Stone age" technology. They depended onweapons made of stone and wood and leather armor. The invadershad steal swords and armor (Age of Reconnaissance). Theseadvantages along with the internal problems of the Aztecs and theIncas...
