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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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 → 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 → Túpac Amaru I →
languageOfSources	Quechua → Spanish →
location	Andes → Bolivia → Chile → Colombia → Ecuador → Peru →
mainBelligerent	Inca Empire → Spanish Empire →
notableEvent	Battle of Cajamarca → Capture of Atahualpa → Execution of Atahualpa → 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	Creation of the Viceroyalty of Peru → Establishment of Spanish colonial rule in former Inca territories → Fall of the Inca Empire → Spanish victory →
startTime	1532 →
timePeriod	16th century →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diego de Almagro → Hernando de Soto → Sebastián de Benalcázar →	participantIn
Battle of Cajamarca → Siege of Cuzco ("Spanish conquest of Peru") → Siege of Vilcabamba ("Spanish conquest of Peru") →	partOf
Atahualpa → European colonization of the Americas ("conquest of the Inca Empire") → Spanish Empire ("Conquest of the Inca Empire") →	significantEvent
Siege of Vilcabamba → Túpac Amaru →	conflict
Atahualpa ("Spanish conquest of Peru") →	associatedWith
Ciudad de los Reyes →	associatedWithEvent
Siege of Cuzco →	conflictIn
Collasuyu →	dissolvedAfter
Chinchaysuyu →	dissolvedBy
Cuntisuyu →	endCause
Andean Late Horizon ("Spanish conquest") →	endedBy
Manco Inca Yupanqui →	era
Governorate of New Castile →	event
Age of Exploration →	hasKeyEvent
Spanish America →	notableEvent
Andean Late Horizon →	precedes
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ("Fall of the Inca Empire") →	result
Antisuyu →	timePeriodEnd