Western Civilization I / Unit 16 WC1 1512 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pizarro, Atahualpa, and the End of the Inca
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The idea
Pizarro reached Peru in fifteen thirty-one amid an Inca civil war, seized Atahualpa at Cajamarca, took a room of gold as ransom, and executed him; the empire fell by fifteen thirty-three, the witness's date.
In practice
Civil war did for Peru what alliance did for Mexico.
Where people slip
Conquistadors were private adventurers under royal license, owing the crown a fifth.
Your place on the trail
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