History of the Spanish conquest in Peru
The Inka Empire, was the largest empire in
pre-Columbian America. Its political and administrative structures “was the
most sophisticated found among native people in the Americas. They were
prosperous and intelligent people, little did they know that their hall way of
life and their language would be forgotten at the hands of the Spanish
conquest.
So when and how did and when did the
Spanish conquest star? 180 soldiers under the conquistador Francisco Pizarro
capture Atahualpa in the battle of Cajamarca in 1532, marking the beginning of
the end for the Inca Empire.
When did it end? It took prolonged
battles ending whit Spanish victory in 1572, the once great Empire had fallen
and became the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Who was the responsible for this incredible
conquest? His name was Francisco Pizarro born a poor man in Extremadura. When
he heard about a land brimming whit riches up for grabs, he live all behind to
pursue a life of adventure in the strange lands of Peru. He went there several
time until he got permission from the Queen to carry out the conquest of Peru,
he then prosed to become to become the Governor in 1532.
But this lives us whit the question:
what made the one of the biggest empires in the Americas fall to such a small
band of soldiers ?find the answers in this video that explains in beater detail
the history of the Incas and factors that contributed to the fall of one of the
greatest empires in history.
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