Inca Empire Demise

At its height, the Inca empire stretched from modern day Colombia to central Chile, and had about nine to ten million inhabitants, yet in 1532 Francisco Pizarro and a meager 62 horsemen and 102 foot soldiers conquered the empire. Pizarro was able to conquer the Incas not only because of his cunning and ruthlessness, but also because their kingdom was in disarray, therefore, I will discuss what I believe are the three main reasons why the empire fell, …

…small army would not have to do most of the fighting. Finally, I consider Atahualpa one of the main reasons for the empire’s demise because by foolishly allowing himself to get caught he stopped his army from being able to defeat the Spaniards and set in motion what would eventually be the death of his people. Bibliography Davies, Nigel The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru Penguin Books, London 1997 Hemming, John Atahualpa and Pizarro History 169 Reader