Inca Civil War Begins
1527-1532 · Early Modern
The Inca Civil War was a conflict between two half-brothers, Huáscar and Atahualpa, for succession to the throne of the Inca Empire following the death of their father Huayna Capac in 1527. The war lasted until 1532, when Atahualpa defeated Huáscar, only to be captured by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro shortly after his victory.
Key Figures
Francisco PizarroAtahualpaHuáscarHuayna Capac
Locations
CajamarcaCuscoQuito
Topics
Huayna CapacIncaEcuadorAtahualpaHuáscarPeru
Connected Events — 3 Connections
The Inca Civil War fatally weakened the empire and left Atahualpa with a war-weary, divided army when Pizarro captured him at Cajamarca, enabling Spanish conquest with just 168 men against an empire of millions Battle of Cajamarca
Balboa's expedition gave Pizarro his first taste of the Pacific coast and indigenous warfare, experience he used to plan his later conquest of the weakened Inca Empire during their civil war Vasco Núñez de Balboa's Pacific Expedition
The succession vacuum after Huayna Capac's death triggered the civil war between Huascar and Atahualpa Death of Huayna Capac During Epidemic
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