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The Inca Empire lasted just over 100 years. It began in the early 13th century CE in Peru's highlands, around 1438. Spanish conquistadors reached Inca territory by 1526 and for the next seven years, warfare between the Spanish and the Incas raged on. The last Sapa Inca (emperor), Atahualpa, was captured and executed in 1533. The last Inca stronghold at Vilcabamba was conquered in 1572.

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Who ruled the Inca empire?

This is an easy one, the Inca ruled the Inca Empire. He was also considered son of the sun (Inti) the most important god to the Inca people


What did Francisco Pizarro find in Peru?

Pizarro found the Inca Empire and lots of gold in Peru.


Who was Atahulpa?

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa (March 20, 1497 Quito - Cajamarca, August 29, 1533), was the last Sapa Inca or sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Huáscar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox. During the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro crossed his path, captured Atahualpa, and used him to control the Inca empire. Eventually, the Spanish executed Atahualpa by garrote, ending the Inca Empire (although several successors claimed the title ofSapa Inca("unique Inca") and led a resistance against the invading Spaniards).


Is the inca empire in mexico?

No. The Inca Empire spanned present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.


The rise and fall of the Inca empires?

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.