1. Connections: A World History
Second Edition
Chapter 18
The Aztec and Inca
Empires, 1300–1550
Connections: A World History, Second Edition
Edward H. Judge • John W. Langdon

2. Machu Picchu

3. The Inca Empire/The Aztec Empire

4. The Aztec and Inca Empires,
1300–1550
A. The Great Amerind Empires
B. The Aztec Empire
C. The Inca Empire
D. Aztec and Inca on the Eve of Invasion
E. The Invasion and Conquest of Mexico
F. The Invasion and Conquest of Peru

5. The Great Amerind Empires

6. The Great Amerind Empires
A. Isolation and Development
1. Key factors
B. Maya, Aztec, and Inca Empires

7. The Aztec Empire

8. The Aztec Empire
A. Origins
1. Tenochtitlán: City in the Lake

9. An Aztec representation of the founding of
Tenochtitlán in 1325 C.E.

10. The Aztec Empire
B. Advantages

11. FOUNDATION MAP 18.1 The Aztec Empire in 1519

12. The Aztec Empire
C. Exploitation and Human Sacrifice

13. Human sacrifice.

14. The Aztec Empire
D. Society and Culture
1. Social classes and gender roles
2. Law, health, and death in Aztec Mexico

15. The Aztec goddess Coatlicue.

16. The Inca Empire

17. The Inca Empire
A. A Unified Empire
1. Origins
2. Expansion

18. MAP 18.2 The Inca
Empire, 1438–1525

19. The Inca Empire
B. Society and Economy
1. Sapa Inca and the nobility
2. Commoners
B. Adaptation to the Andes

20. A quipu.

21. Inca buildings in the former imperial capital of
Cuzco.

22. The Inca Empire
D. Governance and Religion
1. Centralization
2. Inca religion

23. Aztec and Inca on the Eve of
Invasion

24. Aztec and Inca on the Eve of
Invasion
A. Imperial Power
B. Youth and Isolation

25. The Invasion and
Conquest of Mexico

26. The Invasion and
Conquest of Mexico
A. Montezuma II
1. Policies
2. Threats
B. The Arrival of the Spaniards
1. Spanish motives and Aztec legends

27. Dona Marina and Cortes.

28. A 1524 map of Tenochtitlán.

29. The Invasion and
Conquest of Mexico
C. Encounter Between Aztecs and
Spaniards
1. Cortés and Montezuma

30. Spanish firepower.

31. The Invasion and
Conquest of Mexico
D. The End of the Aztec Empire
1. Smallpox
2. Cuauhtemoc

32. Smallpox victims.

33. The Invasion and
Conquest of Mexico
E. Reasons for Spanish Victory

34. The Invasion and
Conquest of Peru

35. The Invasion and
Conquest of Peru
A. Upheavals Among the Inca
1. Plague and civil war
B. Encounter Between Inca and
Spaniards
1. Biological warfare
2. Pizarro and Atahuallpa
C. Cajamarca and the End of the Inca
Empire
1. Confusion and deceit
D. Reasons for Spanish Victory

36. Key Dates and Developments