The Inca Empire was conquered by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and his forces in the 1530s.

Quick Scoop

  • The conquest is usually dated to 1532, when Pizarro’s small force captured the Inca ruler Atahualpa at Cajamarca.
  • Over the next decades, Spanish troops and their Indigenous allies dismantled Inca resistance and brought the territory under Spanish colonial rule as the Viceroyalty of Peru.
  • So, in simple terms: Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire.

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