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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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

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Context triple: [Age of Exploration, hasKeyEvent, Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]

A. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
B. Spanish Expulsion of 1492
The Spanish Expulsion of 1492 was the royal decree by Ferdinand and Isabella that forced all practicing Jews to leave Spain, marking a major turning point in Jewish and Iberian history.
C. Latin American independence movements
Latin American independence movements were a series of early 19th-century revolutionary struggles across Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas that sought to overthrow European rule and establish sovereign nation-states.
D. Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
E. Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the rest of the world that reshaped global ecosystems, diets, populations, and economies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Target entity description: 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.

A. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish colonial rule.
B. Spanish Expulsion of 1492
The Spanish Expulsion of 1492 was the royal decree by Ferdinand and Isabella that forced all practicing Jews to leave Spain, marking a major turning point in Jewish and Iberian history.
C. Latin American independence movements
Latin American independence movements were a series of early 19th-century revolutionary struggles across Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas that sought to overthrow European rule and establish sovereign nation-states.
D. Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
E. Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the rest of the world that reshaped global ecosystems, diets, populations, and economies.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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

Juan Pizarro → conflict → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

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

de Benalcázar → partOf → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Sebastián de Benalcázar

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Inca sphere of influence

Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera → participatedIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of present-day Ecuador

Late Horizon → endCause → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

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

Hanan Cuzco dynasty → endedWith → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Capitulation of Toledo → relatedTo → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Capitulation of Toledo → category → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquest of Peru

Capitulation of Toledo → associatedEvent → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

Indigenous peoples of the Andes → affectedBy → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

Jerónimo de Aliaga → participantIn → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Peru

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