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Reasons Why the Conquistadors were so Successful.
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Xiang Jerry He Mrs. Bell World History Pre IB World Count 551 18 March 2002 Reasons Why the Conquistadors were so Successful Ever since the dawn of human history, it was unheard-of that an empire of millions can be conquered by troops of mere hundreds of men. Indeed, Cortez and Pizarron's conquests have changed the way people looked at wars. It is no longer only a comparison of numbers but also counting in crucial advantages involving aspects of psychological, technological and biological warfare. In both the conquest of the Aztecs and the Incans, the native Americans could have easily fended off the conquistadors if it wasn't for their internal political problems, the conquistadors' advanced weapons and finally their diseases. Even before the arrival of the conquistadors, the Empires were politically divided. In the Incan Empire a civil war broke out between the two brothers Atahualpa and Huascar, which kept the empire somewhat divided even after the defeat...
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