The Inca Empire: The Destruction Of Mexico

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The ancient Inca Empire had to come to an end as Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador took the the last breath of of the Inca leader Huayna Capac. However, this beginning conquest created great wealth for Spain and brought new religion and new ideas to South America. The Amerindians were easily defeated and killed bywith the Spaniards’s iron swords and advanced technology. This destruction became is was athe start for a new government, new religion, and new culture. The Spanish took over part of Bolivia and made it a part of the Vice-Rroyalty of Peru. Pizarro led an inquisition that demolished the Inca Empire . He killed the Inca Emperor, Huayna Capac and the rest of his people. The Spanish werbecame less interested in the land until the

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