16-11-1532: Spanish massacre of the Inca tribe


479 years ago, a Spanish explorer, Francisco Pizarro, and his troops had massacred the Inca Indians in Peru. Conquest of the Incas through a very sneaky way.

According to The History Channel television station, not the actual number of troops Pizarro to 200. However, thousands of people to conquer the Incas, they rely on firearms and guile.

Pizarro managed to persuade the King of the Inca, Atahualpa, to come to Cajamarca to attend the celebration of him as a ruler. When the celebration is underway, Pizarro ordered his troops to open fire on the Incas, who only rely on a sharp weapon.

The massacre was inevitable. In just one hour, the troops massacred 5,000 people Pizarro Incas

Pizarro forces finally succeeded in capturing Atahualpa. Inca king was forced to convert it before it finally executed on August 29, 1533 because it is trying to rebel.

Conquest of the Incas Pizarro took place at the right moment. In 1532, the Inca Empire was going civil war that killed many people and there was division among them. Kingdom of Spain, through the intermediary Pizarro, helped one of his sons Inca ruler, Huascar, who fought the power with his own brother, Atahualpa.

Meeting of the Spanish forces led by the Incas Pizarro then take place after the death of Atahualpa. But Pizarro's massacre marks the end of the Inca Empire and the beginning of European colonization in South America