Huayna Capac

Huayna Capac is an emperor INCA (reign 1493 - 1527), successor of Tupac Yupanqui, father of Huascar, Atahualpa, Tupac Huallpa, Manco INCA Yupanqui and Paullu INCA.

Huayna Capac devoted its reign to extend the Tahuantinsuyu, the INCA empire. During many years, him and its armies fight in the north of the empire, and invade current the Ecuador. They will not be stopped that towards the east by their defeat against the Shuar with the edge of the Amazonia. The conquest conduits until the south of what today is the Colombia. The capital being far in the south with Cuzco, Huayna wants to establish a Scandinavian base in the town of Quito.

Towards 1527, Huayna Capac is on the current territory of the Colombia, when he dies embanked by the diseases (certainly the Variole) brought by the Spanish conquerors. Its heir Ninan Cuyochi and to the millers of his soldiers follow it in the tomb.

Huascar is already plotting against Ninan when he learns his death. He seizes the power with Cuszco quickly, and makes stop Atahualpa. But Atahualpa escapes with the assistance from a little girl and finds of the assistance near the best general of Huayna Capac, which is ready being of Quito. A civil war follows, in which Atahualpa leaves victorious, but at the same Spanish time the Conquistador S unload in South America. By deception they capture Atahualpa before it turns over to Cuszco. A series of errors on behalf of its generals after his capture led quickly to the fall of the empire.

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