In 1525 or 1527, the old ruler of the Incas died, and his two sons, Huascar and Atahualpa, both wanted the throne and fought a bloody war. Atahualpa had just won the war when he was approached by the Spanish under Pizarro in 1532. Through deception, Atahualpa was captured by the Spaniards.
Spanish terrorists arrived and murdered them.
The Inca had legends that bearded white people would arrive from the east. When the Spanish arrived, the Inca realized to too late the conquistadors were not gods arrived to save them.
Scholars have examined the quipu records and have determined the Inca Empire was once between 16 and 32 million people. Spanish census in 1571 estimated a population of 6 million.
The Spanish were able to defeat the Inca because of there new weapons and their support from Inca rivals.
Atahualpa
atahualpa
Spanish terrorists arrived and murdered them.
The Inca had legends that bearded white people would arrive from the east. When the Spanish arrived, the Inca realized to too late the conquistadors were not gods arrived to save them.
The Inca and Aztec
Scholars have examined the quipu records and have determined the Inca Empire was once between 16 and 32 million people. Spanish census in 1571 estimated a population of 6 million.
It was the Inca, not the Aztec. The Aztec were located in Central America, and the Inca were spread across the Andes (Peru, Chile, Bolivia, etc.)
The Spanish were able to defeat the Inca because of there new weapons and their support from Inca rivals.
Atahualpa
In 1532, Francisco Pizarro (Spanish) arrived at Peru. In 1536, Cuzco (the capital city of the Incan empire) was visibly lost and defeated.
No. They were conquered by the Spanish.
The Spanish Conquistadors destroyed the Inca.
They were killed by Spanish people. The Inca ruler - Atahualpa was killed by Pizarro's Spanish army.