read the book “1491” or other new books on the Americas before all the european diseases wiped out a lot of the population.
Both the Aztecs and the Incas were fairly new empires, who took over the land from other tribes who had lived there for centuries.
“...read the book “1491”...”
Thanks. I love history and will check it out. There are a number of books that I would recommend back - “Conquest” is a good one about Cortez and the Aztecs. I recently read one about the Incan Conquest that was a translation written by one of the conquistidores later in his life. It gave tremendous insight into the Spaniards and Incas very close to the actual events. It didn’t have all the political correctness you find in modern works.