How did 168 conquistadors take down the Inca empire?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 29 August 2013

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Just before Francisco Pizarro arrived in South American in 1532, the Inca empire covered 350,000 square miles and boasted a million inhabitants. Yet Pizarro managed to take down this vast, powerful and advanced bureaucracy with only 168 men. Find out how

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