In 1532, Francisco Pizarro led fewer than 200 men against the mighty Inca Empire—and won. This is the shocking story of how steel, disease, and strategy toppled the largest empire in the Americas.
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Further Reading:
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Inca." Encyclopedia Britannica, April 21, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Inca.
Ballesteros-Gaibrois, M. "Francisco Pizarro." Encyclopedia Britannica, February 14, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Pizarro.
Cartwright, Mark. "Inca Civilization." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 15, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/Inca_Civilization/.
Cartwright, Mark. "Francisco Pizarro." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 24, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/Francisco_Pizarro/.
Cartwright, Mark. "Inca Warfare." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 19, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/Inca_Warfare/.
“Inca Warfare.” WarHistory.org. Last updated December 13, 2024. https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/inca-warfare
McGrath, Michael J. “Incan Military History.” Ebsco.com. Published 2023. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/military-history-and-science/incan-military-history
Brown, Kendall W. “Pizarro Conquers the Incas in Peru.” Ebsco.com. Published 2022. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/pizarro-conquers-incas-peru
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