Spanish conquest of Peru

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Part of the Spanish colonization of the Americas
Date 1532–1572 Location Western South America Result Spanish victory Territorial changes Former Inca lands incorporated into the Spanish Empire
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Spanish conquistadors Viceroyalty of Peru Native allies Cañari Huancas Huaylas Chachapoyas	Inca Empire  Neo-Inca State
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Pizarro Diego de Almagro Gonzalo Pizarro Hernando Pizarro Juan Pizarro Hernando de Soto Sebastián de Benalcázar Pedro de Alvarado Francisco de Toledo	Atahualpa  (POW) Quizquiz Chalcuchimac Rumiñawi Manco Inca Túpac Amaru I

Spanish Empire
Spanish conquistadors
Viceroyalty of Peru
Native allies

The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 180 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory in 1572 and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru. The conquest of the Inca Empire led to spin-off campaigns into present-day Chile and Colombia, as well as expeditions towards the Amazon Basin.

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