Question

14. Who or what was ultimately responsible for bringing the Inca and Aztec empires
to an end?

Answer 1

The answer is Francisco Pizarro, he came to the Incan Empire and invaded it 1532. Many members of the Inca tribe died due to European diseases.

Answer 2

The Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro invaded the Incan Empire in 1532, seeking riches. The Inca had already had some contact with Europeans, and many had died of European diseases. The empire was also weakened by a civil war between two ruling brothers. Pizarro manipulated the two sides, eventually defeating both. He ended the Incan Empire.

After a three-month siege, Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés capture Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec empire. Cortés' men leveled the city and captured Cuauhtémoc, the Aztec emperor. He ended the Aztec Empire.