647. The Fall of the Incas: The King in the North (Part 4)
This episode of The Rest is History chronicles the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire after the execution of Atahualpa, revealing how Francisco Pizarro and his men exploited civil war, disease, and technological superiority to seize Cusco and its unimaginable wealth. It’s a story of go
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