1. Connections: A World History
Second Edition
Chapter 18
The Aztec and Inca
Empires, 1300–1550
Connections: A World History, Second Edition
Edward H. Judge • John W. Langdon
4. The Aztec and Inca Empires,
1300–1550
A. The Great Amerind Empires
B. The Aztec Empire
C. The Inca Empire
D. Aztec and Inca on the Eve of Invasion
E. The Invasion and Conquest of Mexico
F. The Invasion and Conquest of Peru
35. The Invasion and
Conquest of Peru
A. Upheavals Among the Inca
1. Plague and civil war
B. Encounter Between Inca and
Spaniards
1. Biological warfare
2. Pizarro and Atahuallpa
C. Cajamarca and the End of the Inca
Empire
1. Confusion and deceit
D. Reasons for Spanish Victory