12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Pizarro's Journey Into the New World
In the year 15 o two, pizarro sailed to hispaniola and became a member of the governor's body guard. He earned a considerable fortune as a slaver, a plantation owner and a trader. The new world suited him but there was also something of an itch in him that his life there couldn't quite scratch. It seems he wanted not just to be wealthy and comfortable, but to be spected, even feared. And it's at this crossing point between the oceans that the destiny of pizarro and the fate of the inca would be sealed.
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