The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru. The conquest of the Inca Empire led to spin-off campaigns into present-day Chile and Colombia as well as expeditions towards the Amazon Basin.
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“How can I, that girl standing there,
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Spanish politics?”
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Guide our Forces by Thy Hand,
Gallant blacks from far Jamaica,
Honduras and Togoland;
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And, even more, protect the whites.”
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