The Spanish Empire 3 of 4 - Conquest of the Inca Empire

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It's 1529. After Hernan Cortes conquers the rest of Mexico, he is forced to travel to Spain to clear himself of allegations of corruption. Charles V takes away Cortes's power, judging him too independent.
During this trip he meets a distant relative, Francisco Pizarro and tells him all about conquering a mighty empire. Pizarro and his two companions, Diego de Almagro and Hernando de Luque have already conducted two expeditions to find the great kingdom that they believe lies south of Panama.
In 1530 Pizarro heads out on his third expedition with 180 men. Once he arrives, he finds out that a civil war had broken out in the Inca Empire. After the death of Huayna Capac, Atahualpa defeated Huascar and now usurps power.
Pizarro uses the chaos to his advantage, and going by Cortes's playbook, he marches to Cajamarca and captures Atahualpa. Atahualpa proposes to fill a room full of gold as a ransom, but after the Spanish get their gold, they still decide to kill him.
More turmoil follows as Almagro rebels against Pizarro, but Pizarro's forces defeat him at the Battle of Las Salinas. Pizarro is murdered in 1541, and more chaos follows. Pedro de la Gasca the Viceroy of Peru finally restores order in 1545. This is just in time for in 1546 huge deposits of silver are found at Potosi and Zacatecas. By the end of the 16th century the Spanish Empire in America enters its first golden age.

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0:00 Start
2:05 First Expedition
3:57 Second Expedition
6:38 Third Expedition
7:53 The Conquest
13:54 Civil war
17:07 Consolidation

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