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 * 10 Facts About Conquest of Inca**


 * 1.** Incan Empire was **founded around 1200 C.E.**


 * 2.** Francisco Pizarro **led Spanish conquistadors and they discovered the Incan Empire by 1526**.


 * 3.** Pizarro’s “army” consisted of just **180 men, 27 horses and 1 cannon**.


 * 4.** The empire had grown in extent from about 155,000 sq mi/400,000 km2 in 1448, to **380,000 sq mi/980,000 km2**.


 * 5.** The Incan Empire is estimated to have had **16,000,000 citizens** before their conquest.


 * 6.** When first spotted by the natives, Pizarro and his men were thought to be **//viracocha cuna// or “gods.”**


 * 7.** In 1529, Francisco Pizarro **obtained permission from the Spanish Monarchy to conquer the land they called Peru**.


 * 8.** Many parts of the **Inca Empire revolted**, some of them joining with the Spanish against their own rulers.


 * 9.** The population had **declined by 93%** after the Spanish had conquered the Incas.


 * 10.** With their control, the Spanish effectively **introduced Christianity to South America**.