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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, Viceroyalty of Peru, Casta, Historic Centre of Lima, Tupac Amaru II, Antonio de Morga, Gonzalo Pizarro, Cabildo, Francisco de Carvajal, Manuel de Amat y Juniet, Cathedral of Lima, Antonio de Mendoza, Jose Antonio de Areche, Hernando Pizarro, Royal Audiencia of Quito, New Laws, Alonso de Alvarado, Pedro Bohorquez, Pedro Pizarro, Rebellion of Tupac Amaru II, Sebastian de Belalcazar, Turibius of Mongrovejo, Cristobal Vaca de Castro, Hans Heinrich Bruning Brookstedt, Repartimiento, Juan Godinez, Juan Pizarro, Ana de Castro, Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria, Francisco Ruiz Lozano, Battle of Sangarara, Comentarios Reales de los Incas, Jose Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho, 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle, Francisco de Quinonez, Royal Audiencia of Lima, Diego Quispe Tito, Juan Antonio de Tagle y Bracho, Count of Casa Tagle de Trasierra, Juan de Velasco, Torre Tagle Palace, Diego de Almagro II, Alonzo de Alvarado, San Telmo, Third Council of Lima, Juan de Saavedra, Felipillo, Monastery of San Francisco, Lima, Francisco Hernandez Giron, Lima city walls, St. Peter's Church, Lima, Balconies of Lima, Hernando de Luque, Osambela House, Upper Peru, Wankas. Excerpt: The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. This historic process of military conquest was made by Spanish conquistadores and their native allies. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies ambushed the Sapa Inca Atahualpa (emperor of the Inca Empire) and captured him in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting to subdue the mightiest empire in the Americas. In subsequent years Spain extended its rule...