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EFFECTS OF THE CONQUEST ON PEOPLE OF THE EMPIRE
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The long term effects of the arrival of the Spanish on the population of South America were simply catastrophic. While this is the case for every group of Native-Americans that encountered Europeans from the fifteenth century onwards, the Incan popul... |
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SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE INCA EMPIRE
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The Conquest of Peru was the historic process of military conquest of the Inca Empire by Spanish conquistadores and their native allies. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and ... |
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CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS THROUGH THE LAST YEARS OF THE INCA EMPIRE
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1526-1527 - Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro make first contact with Inca Empire at Tumbes, the last Inca stronghold the Northc. 1528 - The Inca emperor Huayna Capac dies from European introduced smallpox. Death sets off a civil war between his... |
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BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT
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The Civil War between Huáscar and Atahualpa would weaken (and perhaps more importantly, distract) the empire immediately prior to its struggle with the Spanish, although it is unclear how much of a difference a united Inca Empire would have made in t... |
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ARRIVAL OF PIZARRO
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Francisco Pizarro and his brothers (Gonzalo, Juan, and Hernando) were attracted by the news of a rich and fabulous kingdom, escaping like many migrants throughout the centuries from the even today impoverished Extremadura.There lies Peru with its ric... |
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CAPTURE OF ATAHUALPA
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After his victory over his brother, Atahualpa began his southward march from Quito to claim the Inca throne in Cuzco. Atahualpa had heard tales of "white bearded men" approaching his territory. Some accounts say that Atahualpa sent messengers with pr... |
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REBELLION AND RECONQUEST
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The situation went quickly downhill. As things began to fall apart, many parts of the Inca Empire revolted, some of them joining with the Spanish against their own rulers. Many kingdoms and tribes had been conquered or persuaded to join the Inca empi... |
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AFTERMATH
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A struggle for power resulted in a long civil war between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro in which Almagro was killed. Almagro's descendants later avenged his death by killing Pizarro. Despite the war, the Spaniards did not neglect the coloniz... |
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IN FICTION
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The conquest of the Incas is dramatized in Peter Shaffer's play The Royal Hunt of the Sun. In the play, Pizarro, Atahualpa, Valverde and other historical figures appear as characters.The conquest is also used as a starting point for the Matthew Reill... |
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