ESP 1101 Lecture Notes - Perpetual Peace, Huayna Capac, Luque
22 Apr 2014
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1478 or earlier: franscisco pizarro born in trujillo. 1513: accompanies vasco n nez de balboa in discovery of pacific. Pizarro, almagro and luque form the company of levant. 1526-27: voyage 2: first contact with incas at tumbez. 14000, began the conquest of the tribes across the andes and the pacific coast. Common in the history of the region for a small ethnic group to rule. When pizarro first saw tumbez in 1528, it was a prosperous city. He hard inca ruler, huayna capac, lay dying of a strange illness in cuzco. After huayna capac"s death, war of successon between huascar and atahualpa, the king"s sons by different wives. Atahualpa"s generals captured huascar and he was forced to watch as their soldiers slaughtered his wives and daughters. Dynastic wars were the norm at the death of an inca ruler, as a way to ensure that the fittest would rule. 1528-29: pizarro goes to spain and obtains license to conquer per .
