The+Conquering+of+The+Incas

Interesting facts about the conquest of the Incas:
 * The Spanish had native allies when the conquered the Incas.
 * Francisco Pizzaro had to get permission from the Spanish Monarchy before he could conquer Peru.
 * Pizzaro did not really do a lot of conquering in the beginning because so much was already done to the empire because of disease and civil war.
 * At the time Atahualpa was trying to win the civil war and he heard that white people were approaching his empire so then he sent a messenger with gifts to Pizzaro to try to induce him to leave.
 * Pizzaro gave Atahualpa a bible after explaining Christianity hoping he would convert to Christianity right away and not offend the Church of Spain.
 * When Atahualpa received the bible he shook it by his ear and asked, “why doesn’t it speak to me?”.
 * The first battle of the Incas was the battle of Cajamarca, November 16th, 1532.
 * The battle of Cajamarca was started because the Inca leader Atahualpa threw the bible on the ground.
 * One of the special reasons the Incas were so easily defeated is that the commands in the military was in a way directly related to the emperor which Pizzaro had taken hostage, immobilizing the Incan army.
 * The Incan army was unprepared and when they attacked they had only leather-armor and they were unarmed.