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jelloinater25
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In "Guns, Germs, and Steel", why were horses so effective in Pizarro's fight against the Inca?

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Posted by jelloinater25 on Monday September 29, 2008 at 7:32 PM and tagged with chapter 3, fight, guns, germs, and steel, horses, inca, pizarro.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    The horses were so effective because the Incas had never seen them before, so combined with the weapons, the charging man armed with a gun on horseback was a terrifying sight.

     "Another factor in Pizarro’s victory over the Incas was the use of horses. Even though the Incas outnumbered the Spaniards five hundred to one, the combination of the Spaniards’ guns and soldiers on horses proved lethal." 

     

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Tuesday September 30, 2008 at 2:59 PM