HIST-2116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Smallpox, Inca Road System, Plastic Arts
27 Sep 2018
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Two great indian empires aztec and inca. Most dynamic and powerful in the new world history. They resulted in a combination of rich and natural resources that allowed them to become wealthy and important to traders. They had created an administrative structure to maximize the advantage of resources. The resources also produced the most affective war machines ever put into the field by the north. The societies were very much alike the societies that developed in the usa to win the second world war. In other words, the inca and aztec state were a complete integration of every aspect in society economic, political, religious, etc. All elements came together to produce a civilization but as well became the bases of extremely powerful and ambitious empires. Aztec and inca completely dominated their regional zones. Both empires were conquers who dominated subject peoples. The armies were pretty much matched when it came down to the final battles.
