Two of the biggest and greatest civilization in the Americas were
             the Aztecs and Incas. These two civilization were both said to be
             conquered by the Spanish, but it wasn't just the Spanish who
             conquered them. These two civilizations both fell from a
             combination of a weak government, lack of technology, new
             disease introduced by the invaders, and not being prepared for the
             For many centuries the Aztec civilization revolved around a
             ideological, social, and political system in which expansion was the
             cornerstone. Expansion was the cornerstone of their whole
             civilization, because their religion requested that a large number of
             human sacrifices where to be made to the gods. To get the
             sacrifices the Aztec went to war with other tribes in Mexico to get
             these human sacrifices (Conrad & Demmest 47-49) . With each
             conquest more sacrifices and more land was added to the Aztec
             kingdom. The Aztec were a strong civilization who were familiar
             with organized large scale war, had specialized war chiefs, and a
             well organized system of territorial levy in which large armies could
             be amassed in a short time (Age of Reconnaissance 124-125). They
             may have been well organized for war, but they were not prepared
             for internal changes in there civilization. When expansion was no
             longer an option there system crumbled. Without expansion they
             could no longer give human sacrifices in the same amount in which
             they use too. Upon the arrival of the Spanish the Aztec
             government was falling apart, and "Moctezuma II programs of
             internal military consolidation and administrative and social
             stabilization had failed" (Conrad & Demmest). When the Aztec's
             first met the Spanish they were amazed by them. The Spanish used
             the Aztec's own legends to take advantage of them and gain the
             upper hand. Other disadvantages that the Aztecs had was the
             need to take prisoner to sacrifice, they were not untied with...