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Invasion of Tawantinsuyu and Andean resistance

1532-1572 CE · Central Andes

Spanish invaders exploited an Inka succession war and Indigenous rivalries, captured Atawalpa and occupied Cusco, but organized resistance continued for four decades and beyond.

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How the setting appeared

Campaigns crossed plazas, roads, mountain passes, valleys and the forested refuge centered on Vilcabamba.

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How people lived

Communities faced warfare, epidemic disease, tribute, forced labor and political realignment while preserving ayllu ties and local authority.

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How people worked

Indigenous porters, farmers, soldiers, interpreters and builders made every army and settlement possible, often under coercion.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Colonial campaigns attacked shrines and promoted Christianity, yet huaca, ancestor and community practices continued and changed.

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World-atlas stage: Oceanic empires
Region: South America · Central Andes
Languages and scripts: Quechua varieties; Aymara; Spanish; Many regional Andean languages
Important people: Atawalpa; Waskar; Manco Inka Yupanki; Titu Cusi Yupanki; Tupaq Amaru I; Francisco Pizarro
Events and changes: Capture at Cajamarca; Occupation of Cusco; Siege of Cusco; Vilcabamba resistance; Execution of Tupaq Amaru I
Evidence confidence: High for the major sequence; colonial chronicles are partisan and must be read with archaeology and Andean traditions.

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Historical geography

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-NMAI-INKA

The Inka Road History Timeline

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/inka-innovation/timeline/timeline

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

CIT-LOC-1492

1492: An Ongoing Voyage

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/index.html

Library of Congress

CIT-MET-ANCIENT-AMERICAS

Arts of the Ancient Americas

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/arts-of-the-ancient-americas/inside-the-exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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