Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire canonical	44
Spanish conquest of Peru	12
Conquest of the Inca Empire	2
Conquest of Peru	1
Fall of the Inca Empire	1
Spanish conquest	1
Spanish conquest of present-day Ecuador	1
Spanish conquest of the Inca sphere of influence	1
conquest of the Inca Empire	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
cause	Inca civil war between Atahualpa and Huáscar ⓘ Spanish search for wealth and territory ⓘ
commander	Atahualpa ⓘ Diego de Almagro ⓘ Francisco Pizarro ⓘ Hernando de Soto ⓘ Manco Inca Yupanqui ⓘ Manco Inca Yupanqui ⓘ surface form: Túpac Amaru I
conflict	Inca Empire ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
endTime	1572 ⓘ
followedBy	Consolidation of the Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
hasEffect	Demographic collapse of indigenous populations ⓘ Destruction and appropriation of Inca wealth ⓘ Imposition of Christianity in former Inca lands ⓘ Integration of Andean region into Spanish colonial economy ⓘ Spread of European diseases in the Andes ⓘ
keyFigure	Atahualpa ⓘ Francisco Pizarro ⓘ Manco Inca Yupanqui ⓘ Manco Inca Yupanqui ⓘ surface form: Túpac Amaru I
languageOfSources	Quechua ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	Andes ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Inca Empire ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ surface form: Capture of Atahualpa Execution of Atahualpa ⓘ Battle of Cajamarca ⓘ surface form: Ransom of Atahualpa Siege of Cuzco ⓘ Siege of Vilcabamba ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
precededBy	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
primaryMethod	alliance with indigenous enemies of the Inca ⓘ use of firearms and cavalry against Inca forces ⓘ
result	Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ surface form: Creation of the Viceroyalty of Peru Establishment of Spanish colonial rule in former Inca territories ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fall of the Inca Empire Spanish victory ⓘ
startTime	1532 ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Age of Exploration → hasKeyEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Spanish Empire → significantEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquest of the Inca Empire

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → result → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of the Inca Empire

Ciudad de los Reyes → associatedWithEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

European colonization of the Americas → significantEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: conquest of the Inca Empire

Battle of Cajamarca → partOf → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Diego de Almagro → participantIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Hernando de Soto → participantIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Atahualpa → significantEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Atahualpa → associatedWith → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Manco Inca Yupanqui → era → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Siege of Cuzco → conflictIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Siege of Vilcabamba → conflict → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Siege of Vilcabamba → partOf → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Spanish America → notableEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Andean Late Horizon → precedes → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Andean Late Horizon → endedBy → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest

Sebastián de Benalcázar → participantIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Chinchaysuyu → dissolvedBy → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Túpac Amaru → conflict → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Antisuyu → timePeriodEnd → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Collasuyu → dissolvedAfter → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Cuntisuyu → endCause → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Governorate of New Castile → event → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Inés Huaylas Yupanqui → associatedWith → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Cura Ocllo → timePeriod → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Neo-Inca State → conflict → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Huáscar → associatedWith → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Paccha Duchicela → historicalContext → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Vilcabamba → event → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Cajamarca Region → hasHistoricalSignificance → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Cajamarca → historicalEventSite → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Inca Civil War → followedBy → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Túpac Huallpa → partOf → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

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Cusi Rimay → associatedWith → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Sayri Túpac → conflict → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Titu Cusi Yupanqui → wroteAbout → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Titu Cusi Yupanqui → timePeriod → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Garcí Manuel de Carbajal → roleInHistory → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Battle of the Maule → before → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Hernando Pizarro → participantIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Gonzalo Pizarro → participatedIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Alonso de Mendoza → participatedIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Battle of Las Salinas → partOf → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Battle of Las Salinas → relatedTo → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquest of the Inca Empire

Hernando de Luque → contributedTo → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Martin Hurtado de Arbieto → conflict → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ