What Conquest of Pizarro and Cortes?

The conquests led by Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes were military campaigns that resulted in the conquest of the Inca Empire in South America and the Aztec Empire in Mexico, respectively. Both conquistadors used superior weaponry, alliances with indigenous groups opposed to the ruling empires, and tactics of terror and intimidation to achieve their goals. These conquests ultimately paved the way for Spanish colonization of the Americas.