Rockman wrote on Sep 16
th, 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.