12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Incarnation of the Incas
The inca army behind them was also not prepared for a battle, and were instead arraigned for a ceremony. The effect of being attacked with all three at once must have simply frozen them in their tracks. Spanish arquebuses fired into the inca procession, and then the cavalry hiding in the temples came charging out. On seeing the horses charge, many of the indians who were in the open space fled. And such was the force with which they ran, they broke down part of the wall surrounding it, and many fell over each other.
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