Slinging.org Forum
https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl
General >> Project Goliath - The History of The Sling >> The Inkas
https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1284608605

Message started by padmakyan on Sep 15th, 2010 at 11:43pm

Title: The Inkas
Post by padmakyan on Sep 15th, 2010 at 11:43pm
I read a book recently called 1491. It is all about documented early contacts with the natives of north and south America and there effects on the landscape. In this book cortez writes the inkas killed some of his horses with slings.Imagine that! Also cortez writes that the inkas had a method of heating stones until they were red hot, then wrapping cotton cloth that had been soaked in pitch around the hot stone and when they threw it it would burst into flames. Cortez and his men took cover in a stone building while being bombarded for an entire week!

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Rockman on Sep 16th, 2010 at 3:27pm
Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztecs, Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by padmakyan on Sep 16th, 2010 at 6:24pm
Your right ! I did something wrong. I stand corrected. I will rustle up that book and get back to this reply.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Knaight on Sep 20th, 2010 at 10:49am

Rockman wrote on Sep 16th, 2010 at 3:27pm:
Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztecs, Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas.

Hernan Cortez lead a whole bunch of smaller groups against the Aztecs, said smaller groups were mostly civilizations the Aztecs didn't do a very good job of conquering. Pizarro took advantage of an unstable political situation regarding the rulers, and abused Montezuma's trust so as to depose the Incas.

The weaponry both Aztec and Inca warriors employed was known to be very dangerous, it wasn't the gun that allowed the conquering, or even the disease, it was the political systems in the new world, and their lack of redundancy.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Masiakasaurus on Sep 20th, 2010 at 1:15pm
It could also be influenced by the lack of large pack animals and any transportation animals in the New World which made it impossible to field cavalry against the Conquistadors, hard to disperse information to other population centers, and hard to gather large forces in one area quickly.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Germany on Jan 22nd, 2011 at 1:55pm
why is the book called 1491
america was discovered in 1492

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Dan on Jan 24th, 2011 at 8:54pm

Germany wrote on Jan 22nd, 2011 at 1:55pm:
why is the book called 1491
america was discovered in 1492


Maybe the journey started in 1491?   :-/

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Masiakasaurus on Jan 24th, 2011 at 9:26pm
Columbus didn't leave Europe until 1492. I think 1491 is just a typo.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Rockman on Jan 26th, 2011 at 2:50pm
Maybe the year 1491 was as important as 1492. They probably planned the whole expedition for a long time and needed to stock.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Germany on Jan 26th, 2011 at 2:57pm
hmm...maybe?

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by HurlinThom on Jan 27th, 2011 at 10:22pm
I got curious about the book, so I went to Wikipedia. Apparently it's about the status of Native Americans before the arrival of Colombus; at least that's its main thrust.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by kuggur slingdog on Feb 16th, 2011 at 2:39pm

Germany wrote on Jan 22nd, 2011 at 1:55pm:
why is the book called 1491
america was discovered in 1492

No it wasn´t, try telling an Icelander that...

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Thunder Chief on Feb 17th, 2011 at 12:56am

Knaight wrote on Sep 20th, 2010 at 10:49am:

Rockman wrote on Sep 16th, 2010 at 3:27pm:
Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztecs, Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas.

Hernan Cortez lead a whole bunch of smaller groups against the Aztecs, said smaller groups were mostly civilizations the Aztecs didn't do a very good job of conquering. Pizarro took advantage of an unstable political situation regarding the rulers, and abused Montezuma's trust so as to depose the Incas.

The weaponry both Aztec and Inca warriors employed was known to be very dangerous, it wasn't the gun that allowed the conquering, or even the disease, it was the political systems in the new world, and their lack of redundancy.


Montezuma was Aztec...

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Sons of benjamin on Feb 27th, 2011 at 10:28am
When the spanish were conquering the incas, they did not fear there spears or swords, as the spanish were more skilled at close range fighting.  They did not fear their bows, because the arrows would break on their armor.  The Spanish did, however fear the incan slingers.  A good stone thrown from a skilled slinger could hit the spaniard, go through his armor, and sometimes even exit the body from the rear.  Even if the stone did not penetrate the armor, it could deal serious internal injury due to the crushing nature of the projectile.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by paracordslinger on Apr 29th, 2011 at 6:22pm
columbus colonized the americas. the real discoverer, even before the vikings was amerigo vespucci. i had to do a reasearch paper on him last year.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by paracordslinger on Apr 29th, 2011 at 6:46pm
and can you please spell "incas" right it is kind of bugging me

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Wayfarer on May 1st, 2011 at 8:34pm
You guys are blowing me out of the water as far as history goes, maybe i should pay attention more in college.

Title: Re: The Inkas
Post by Sadrice on Jun 4th, 2011 at 6:49am

paracordslinger wrote on Apr 29th, 2011 at 6:22pm:
columbus colonized the americas. the real discoverer, even before the vikings was amerigo vespucci. i had to do a reasearch paper on him last year.

Amerigo Vespucci was later than both Columbus and Erik the Red, first reaching it in either 1497 or 1499, depending on who you listen to, and did not discover America, though he did discover that it was not in fact Asia, as Columbus had assumed.

The actual "discoverer" of America would have been thousands of years earlier, probably via the Bering Straight (or landbridge, as the case may be)

Slinging.org Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.5.2!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2024. All Rights Reserved.