How Did Pizaro Conquered The Inca Empire In Peru

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Known for: Conquered the Inca empire in peru in 1833.

When Pizarro was a soldier he served in the 1513 expedition of Vasco Núñez de Balboa which is when discovered the Pacific Ocean.

Being greedy and wanting more fortune and discovered he decided to make a partnership with Diego de Almagro. The new partners traveled to Peru in 1526 and returned to get permission from Spain to claim that land for Spain.

In 1531 that next fall Pizarro entered the city of Cajamarca and took the Inca leader Atahualpa hostage, Atahualpa then was killed in 1533.
Pizarro conquered Cuzco another important Inca city.

Pizarro 's partnership with Almagro turned to conflict in 1537. Almagro had taken over Cuzco after one of pizarro 's half-brothers was killed