Why You Wouldn’t Last in the Final Days of the Inca Empire

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00:00Here's one reason why you wouldn't last in the final days of the Inca Empire.

00:04In the 1570s, the Spanish conquistadors were on their way to plunder the Inca capital of Cusco.

00:11The Inca emperor at the time, Tupacomaru, was desperately trying to hold on to his empire.

00:17He had heard rumors that the Spanish were beheading people in the streets and throwing their bodies into the river.

00:22And he knew that if they reached Cusco, they would do the same.

00:26So he assembled a group of elite soldiers to stop the conquistadors.

00:30But it wasn't enough.

00:32The Spanish were too powerful.

00:34They overwhelmed the Inca soldiers and captured the city.

00:38As the conquistadors looted and pillaged through Cusco, Tupacomaru fled into the mountains.

00:44He was eventually captured and executed, and his head was cut off and put on a pike as a warning to other would-be rebels.

00:50You wouldn't have lasted because you were an Inca sympathizer.

00:54The Spanish hated anyone who supported the Inca, and they killed many of them.

00:58You would have either been killed or forced to convert to Christianity.

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