https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl Rank the 3 most important factors you think led to the Spanish defeat of the Inca in 1532. Explain each ranking. en-us 2018-04-01 05:57:17 UTC 2025-12-25 23:51:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714595 I believe that the following is the most important factors that led to the defeat of the Inca.

1. Advance in weaponry because the Spanish had more powerful, useful weapons such as guns or arrows, while the Incas only had melee weapons.
2. Intelligence of animals, strategies etc. because the Spanish utilised animals such as horses for war which was a great advantage for them, where as the incas didn't have these kind of animals, and didn't even know they existed.
3. Preparation for Spanish over Incas. The Spanish knew that they would be attacking the Incas therefore they could have prepared in advance. In the contrary, Incas had no idea that the Spanish would be attacking them.]]> 2018-04-02 00:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714595 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714635 1. Weapons: 
The weapons that were used were mainly made with things that the Incans and Aztec's have never seen before. Some examples are gunpowder; the guns helped the Spanish defeat their enemies. 
2. Horses: 
At that time, there were no horses at South America. The horses2 stunned the incans physically and psychologically, because the Incans never saw a living thing that large.  
3. Disease:
The effect diseases brought to the Incans were the same as the effect smallpox brought to the Americans. The Spanish had the immunity that was developed throughout the time, but the Incans didn't. ]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714635 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714644 1.Weapons: Without weapons the Spanish would have not been able to defend and attack against the Incas.
2.) Horses: They were great for transportation which led them to move around quicker than their opponents.
3) Disease: It made wiped out almost 90% of soldiers which led to having much less soldiers.]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714644 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714646 1. Horses
Because horses were faster than running while using weapons to kill the Incans. And horses were big so it was easier to scare them.

2. Weapons
Because the Spanish used more powerful weapons than the Incans, such as guns and swords which the Incans didn't have. 

3. Disease
Many people were weak because of the fast spreading disease, so that helped the Spanish defeat the Incans.]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714646 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714658 1) Deadly Disease - Almost 90% of the  people died from small pox
2) Tactics - Even though the Aztec knew the way the Europeans fought, but the tactics have saved the Europeans 

3)Weapons - The Spanish had more advance and stronger weapons than the Incans.]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714658 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714668 1. The Moment
>>> At that time, the Spanish were already prepared to slaughter the Incas, so this gave them a great advantage. The Incas never experienced such unprepared battles and didn't get any warnings. 
Other battles in history often had a better reason, or each of the sides knew about it. (ex: Peloponnesian War)

2. Weapons
>>> The Spanish had strong weapons such as guns - using gunpowder - and (somewhat a weapon) horses. They were mostly long-distance tools and were very strong, so I would rank this factor as 2nd (maybe even 1st).

3. Disease
>>> I would rank this 3rd since it was only beginning, but it made the Inca much weaker than originally. It was an element that the Spaniards could take advantage of.]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714668 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714681 1. Weapons: The Spanish people used weapons that were stronger like portable guns so the Incas couldn't do anything because they used close range weapons.

2. Horses: The Spanish people had horses and the Incas never saw horses so they didn't know what to do.
3. Diseases: The Incas also died out due to diseases even though they didn't fight back, so the Incas still died]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714681 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714722 1) Disease- The smallpox killed the Incas, who had no idea how to treat it. This allowed the Spanish to have less people to kill.
2) Weapons- The Incas had never seen the weapons and did not know how to reacts.
3) Horses- They had never seen a horse and might of been shocked and unsure of what to do. ]]> 2018-04-02 01:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714722 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714746 1) Weapons -
 The weapons that Spanish used were more advanced in technology; some kind of weapon that the Incan have never seen before : guns, swords, crossbows
2) Disease - 
 90% of the native population died from smallpox, measles. This was a large part in giving the Spanish invaders.
3) Horses -
 Horses were something that Incans never used or saw before. It was a huge advantage for the Spaniards that used the horses in fast moving.]]> 2018-04-02 01:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714746 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714762 1) Disease- It caused 90% of the native population died from it.

2) Horses- Because it is capable of helping the war inmates transport place to place.

3) Tactics- It has been heard that the Mexicans were well educated on playing different rules and Cortes still used very clever tactics until the end which brought the end to the Aztec empire.]]> 2018-04-02 01:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714762 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714770 1. Religion - I chose religion as the most important factor because the Incans thought the Spaniards were gods and harming them would cause big harm and consequences.
2. Diseases - I think disease was the 2nd most important factor that helped the Spanish defeat the Incans. I think this because the Spanish gave diseases such as small pox that killed about 5 ~ 8 million people (or 90% of the population for the natives).
3. Horses - I think horses were the 3rd most important factor for the Spaniards the defeat the Incans because the Incans never saw horses before and only had huge mammals like llamas. Having horses gave the Spanish a tactical advantage.]]> 2018-04-02 01:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714770 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714795 1) Disease
I think the most important factor is the disease because even though they have weapons, they can die with having an disease.

2) Weapons
In my personal opinion, the second most important factor is the weapons. For example, if you have a gun and if the enemy has a sword, when the enemy is running towards you, you can just shoot them.

3) Horses
I think the 3rd important factor is the horses because Incas were shocked when they saw those horses and it made them scared to fight towards the Spanish.]]> 2018-04-02 01:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714795 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714799 1. Weapons- Spanish used powerful weapons than Incas and Incans did not have such weapons as the Spanish so they killed many Incans.

2. Religion- It was most likely part of sacrifices.

3. Disease- Diseases, like smallpox spreads quickly, so it killed a lot of people]]> 2018-04-02 01:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714799 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714817 1.  Disease; The natives didn't have any knowledge and resistance to diseases such as small pox. Epidemics can kill and weaken many people at once. 
2. Weapons; There were no iron, steel, or hard materials to build strong weapons. Also, the natives mainly used their weapons to capture enemies and use them as slaves, they didn't have developed weapons for killing, which led to an disadvantage on the battle with the Europiens.
3. Religion: (well, its not RELIGION, but more close to fear(...?))  The natives did not see the technology that the Europiens had. That made them afraid, making them look like gods, they hesitated on attacking back.]]> 2018-04-02 01:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714817 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714842 1) Disease - Disease was a big cause of why the Spanish were more superior as new diseases wiped out 90% of the population.

2) Weapons and tactics - The Spanish people had more advanced weapons and tactics as they had guns, men on horses, and much more that the Incan people didn't have. 

3) Alliances - The Spanish people learned that the empire was hated by Mexico, which was captured by the Incas ]]> 2018-04-02 01:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714842 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714853 1. Diseases- Almost 90 percent of the natives died because of the diseases such as smallpox.
2. Religion- The Aztecs didn't kill all of the Spanish because they wanted more people to sacrifice to their gods
3. Superior Weapons- They had more advanced weapons than the Incas such as crossbows.]]> 2018-04-02 01:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714853 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714901 1) Weapons - The Spanish had a very developed technology for making and using weapons. They had weapons that gave a big harm on land and people which was able to destroy big mass at once.
2) Disease - Disease was the most frequent attack that Spanish had for the other countries. 90% of the poeple that were harmed died from smallpox and can continue on to other people. 
3) Religion - Aztecs people wanted more people to sacrifice to their gods because they are very religious and they try to sacrifice anything that they have to save their agriculture and other things to comfort their own life.  ]]> 2018-04-02 01:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714901 https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714960 1) Weapons- The Spanish had far superior weapons compared to the Incas. Guns and cannons not only were highly destructive, but had a fear and shock factor for the Incas. Even melee weapons like steel swords and pikes were more advanced than the Inca's.
2) Disease- 90% of the Incan population died from smallpox, an extremely contagious disease brought from Europe. In contrast, the Spanish had already developed immunity through generations of exposure.
3) Allies- There were lots of political and social divisions between the Incas themselves, and the Spanish took advantage of this by making alliances with certain groups and taking down the empire from the inside.]]> 2018-04-02 01:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tcory/uhj8j5i29zrl/wish/247714960