The Spanish exploited an empire that looked powerful from afar because of its territory and population but was controlled by a small elite hierarchy.

“themselves into an imperial orbit which from a distance looks impressive with this geographic expanse and its total population but which have been ruthlessly”

“dictated to by a tiny elite of a hierarchy who would impose themselves over the entire system remember only a small number of people spoke Nahuatl the imperial language of the Aztecs only a small number spoke Quechua the imperial language of the Inca themselves it was the Inca Empire but it was constructed from multiple multiple different ethnicities and when they saw their chance they took it to side with the Spaniards”