Francisco Pizarro was the Spanish conquistador that conquered the Incas.
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Franciso Pizzaro.
Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) conquered the Aztecs in Mexico, while Francisco Pizarro (1471?-1541) conquered the Inca Empire.
We do not have first-hand information from the Inca people about the beginnings of their empire because the Inca did not have a written language. People who study the Inca civilization have pieced together information from different sources. They believe that the Inca people started living in the Cuzco Valley in A.D. 1100. By the early 1400s, the Inca empire still reached only 20 miles beyond the capital city of Cuzco. Rulers Viracocha Inca, and later his son, Pachacuti Inca, increased the size of the Inca empire through conquest. From the 1400s to the early 1500s, the empire grew and developed. After a civil war in the Inca empire, the triumphant ruler Atahualpa agreed to meet with a Spanish explorer named Francisco Pizarro. This was in the year 1532. Instead of the peaceful meeting Atahualpa expected, the Spaniards took him captive. Atahualpa tried to meet the Spaniards' demands for silver and gold, but he was killed in 1533. The Inca army fought the Spaniards but lost the war in 1536. Inca warriors continued to fight the Spaniards. When the last Inca leader was killed in 1572, the Inca empire was officially over. Like the Aztecs, many inhabitants of the Inca empire died as a result of the diseases the explorers unknowingly brought with them. The Spaniards forced the Inca to convert to Christianity.
Pizarro found the Inca Empire and lots of gold in Peru.
Francisco Pizarro Spain
Spain conquered the Inca Empire by force of arms.
The Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca empire was Francisco Pizarro. He led the conquest of the Inca Empire in the early 16th century, resulting in the downfall of the Inca civilization.
Francisco Pizarro.
Franciso Pizzaro.
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Pizarro first entered the Inca Empire in search of wealth and glory. He aimed to conquer the Inca Empire and claim its riches for Spain, motivated by tales of Inca gold and the desire to expand Spain's empire in the New World.
Spanish explorer, Francisco Pizarro, in 1532.
Francisco Pizarro.
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Pizarro was the first Spanish explorer to reach Peru and conquer the Inca Empire.