differences:
>The Aztecs held sway in Central Mexico between 1325 AD and 1523 AD. Though an extremely warlike race, they had developed a fine technique of agriculture. They would keep soil on rafts made of reeds, and plant them with seeds. These floating gardens were called Chinampas.
>The Incas on the other hand lived on the South Eastern Coast of South America in what is now modern Peru, from 1450 AD to 1535 AD. They had devised a most ingenious system of farming on terraces carved out of hillsides, which they irrigated using water drawn from canals and streams. Corn, beans and squash were their staple diet.
>The Aztecs were particularly fierce people as evidenced even by their social and cultural practices. They even played a ball game called Tlatchli, in which the losers were sacrificed. They usually sacrificed llamas to the sun god. In fact, a sacrifice was an integral part of their culture. They would go to war in order to be able to take captives for sacrifice.
>The Incas on the other hand were a peace loving people. It was perhaps this tendency that led to their easy downfall. Their last king and his entire retinue of nobles were treacherously killed by Spanish conqueror, Francisco Pizzaro, whom they had come out to greet. The Aztecs on the other maintained a standing army and held the Spaniards in the longest siege in history.
similarities:
- Both excelled in imperial and military organizations.
- The two were based upon intensive agriculture organized by the state; goods were redistributed to groups or social classes.
- The Aztecs and Incas transformed an older kinship system into a hierarchical one where the nobility predominated.
People practiced farming, developed social structures, raised armies, and worshipped many gods.
Both empires emerged in the 14th and 15th centuries as postclassic civilizations building on the innovations of earlier political powers but expanding to greater extents
Both empires were entirely infantry, but well supplied, well-organized, and extremely aggressive and militaristic. Javelins, slings, spears and maces were used in battle.
Both empires had inherent instabilities
Both empires were fueled by corn.
Both empires have little to no seafaring, and instead stuck to the mountains and valleys in the center of the region.
Both empires conquered hundreds of cities in the region that resented their rule and taxation
Both empires were ended by Spanish invasions that capitalized on native divisions, introduced disease, and Spanish technology of guns, horses, and steel.
Both empires are misnamed-the Inka was the ruler of Tawantinsuyu, and the Aztecs adopted the name Mexica.
Both empires provided public education
Both Atahualpa and Moctezuma decided against confronting the Spanish militarily, allowing for the Spanish to take the Emperors hostage.
Attempts to restore the monarchy came after the capture and death of the emperor but were too late
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