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    During the 16th century‚ the Spaniards had dominance over the Incans’ territory‚ exposing the Incans to diverse weapons. In this Age of Exploration‚ the Spanish conquistadors such as Francisco Pizarro and his followers were devising a plan to attack the Incan Emperor‚ Atahuallpa. The conquistadors attained their goal and were soon taking over the entire Incan Empire. This period was very effective for the Europeans and their own prudence helped them be dominant in the battle of Cajamarca. The Spanish

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    technology. European soldiers’ demands led to the production of stronger‚ longer‚ and sharper swords. The rapier‚ with its extra long blade‚ represented a very high point in metalworking technology and became fashionable in Renaissance Europe. Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ and his most trusted officers debated their options for how to deal with Atahualpa‚ the last Inca emperor.

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    monarchy chose was Christopher Columbus. Columbus is known for stumbling into America while looking for Asia. Slide 2- the men who deserve the credit should be the man who conquered the Americas and that is Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. Slide 2 transition into slide 3- Once Cortes and his small army defeated Montezuma’s powerful Mexican Aztec warriors‚ which outnumbered the Spaniards 10-1. The riches in form of Gold started to flood into Spain. Slide 3- once Queen

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    The Conquest of the Incas

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    Empire was the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of America. After year of preliminary exploration‚ 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies. In 1528‚ Spanish arrives at border of Inca Empire the empire spanned a considerable distance. Unlike the European the Incas still leaved in secret time. In 1532‚ Pizarro returned to Peru with small private army. At first the local people fed this stranger. The roads of Inca Empire stretched 3000 miles from Chile

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    but not very many know Pizarro‚ and his true story of a good man...and a bad. Pizarro was born 1478 in Trujillo‚ Spain. Growing up‚ Pizarro was a “swine handler.” Which means he performed tricks with pigs. His parents were never married to each other. His father was a captain of infantry‚ and relatives of his mother raised him growing up. In 1502 Pizarro left Trujillo‚ Spain to live in Hispaniola‚ which is one of the well known bases in the World. “Then‚ in 1509‚ Pizarro left Hispaniola to take

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    frigid mountains of Peru. Francisco Pizarro‚ an illiterate conquistador in the ruthless mold of Hernán Cortés sets out with 200 men to defeat the last great New World Empire. Juan Pizarro‚ Francisco’s Reckless Younger Brother The name Francisco Pizarro is well-known: he was the ruthless conquistador who brought down the mighty Inca Empire. But he never could have done it without his brothers. Juan Pizarro was reckless‚ cruel and greedy and although he was the first Pizarro to die a bloody death

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    plants and animals‚ germs‚ orientation of continental axes‚ and ecological barriers. Throughout the book‚ he refers back to the "Collision at Cajamarca‚" or the first encounter between the Incan emperor Atahuallpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro‚ as a "broad window onto world history." The encounter is effective in capturing his argument‚ namely that the Spanish "victory" over the Incas was all but a foregone conclusion given the centuries of accumulated benefits conferred on the Europeans

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    the past. According to History.com‚ Francisco Pizarro held the Emperor of the Inca Empire‚ Atahualpa‚ as a hostage until a very large room could be filled with treasure. The room was eventually filled as ordered‚ but on August 29‚ 1533‚ Pizarro had Atahualpa strangled. Still‚ for miles around‚ Peruvian natives were on the road with more gold items. Upon news of their king’s death‚ those items were hidden and never arrived. Gold had such a big impact that Pizarro and his men had the courage to make

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    Cajamarca

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    was the first encounter between the Inca emperor Atahuallpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro at the Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca on November 16‚ 1532. Atahuallpa was absolute monarch of the largest and most advanced state in the New World‚ while Pizarro represented the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (also known as King Charles I of Spain)‚ monarch of the most powerful state in Europe. Pizarro‚ leading a ragtag group of 168 Spanish soldiers‚ was in unfamiliar terrain‚ ignorant of

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    Cited: n.d. <www.andeantravelweb.com/peru>. Bakewell‚ Peter J. A History of Latin America: C. 1450 to the Present . Blackwell Publishing‚ 2003. Enchanted Learning. Francisco Pizarro: Explorer. 2000-2010 . 27 March 2011 <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/pizarro.shtml>. Hamre‚ Bonnie. South American Travel: Cuy - A Traditional Andean Entree. 2009. 25 March 2011 <http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/cuisine/a/cuy

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