Pre-columbian tribes

Pre-Columbian tribes

AZTECS

INCAS

When the Spanish arrived in America they discovered new people living there. The three great civilisations, the Incas, Mayas and the Aztecs had their own large empires and culture. They were knowledgable and wrote using symbols and hieroglyphics.

MAYAS

Conquest and Colonisation

The Spanish conquered and colonised new territories and introduced Spanish language and religion to the tribes. Hernan Cortes and Francisco de Pizarro were the conquistadors of the Aztec and Inca empires.

Introduction here

Hernan Cortés

Francisco Pizarro

Video of discovery of America