12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Incarnation of the Inca
It is not clear why atawalpa allowed pizarro to found his settlement on the coast or to march unhindered into the mountains. There's really little first hand evidence that indigenous people considered europeans to be divine. And if this was their initial impression, it's one that they quickly dispensed with. The most likely answer is that atawAlpa was simply too busy to deal with the spanish. He was engaged in a full scale war for the survival of his kingdom against his brother wascar in the central andes.
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