12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Pizarro's Conquest of the World by His Command
As darkness fell atawalpa himself was captured, and pizarro ordered his men to fall back into the temple. There the inca emperor seethed, stunned and speechless. He must have sat there in pure disbelief, trying to understand what had just happened. Francisco gerez captured some of this in his account. Among many other things, the governess said to him, i do not take it as an insult that you've been defeat d and taken prisoner for with the christians who come with me,. though so few in number.
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