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The 42 pages that link to Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Spanish colonization of the AmericasBroader topic: It opened the Andes to Spanish rule and extraction.

• Spanish EmpireBroader topic: It brought Andean territories and their mineral wealth under Spanish rule.

• Age of DiscoveryBroader topic: It illustrates the violent conversion of exploration into territorial rule in South America.

• Spanish conquest of the Aztec EmpireCompared with: Its different geography and political sequence clarify what was distinctive about the Mexican campaign.

• Inca EmpireBroader topic: It ended the empire's sovereignty and reordered Andean society.

• European colonization of the AmericasBroader topic: It illustrates conquest amid imperial succession conflict and the capture of a ruler.

• Viceroyalty of PeruBroader topic: Conquest created the political foundation for Spain’s later administrative territory.

• Francisco PizarroNarrower topic: Pizarro’s expedition was the central Spanish force in this broader conquest.

• Inca road systemRelated: Spanish forces used parts of the existing network to move through Andean territory.

• PeruBroader topic: It brought Peru under Spanish rule and transformed its political and religious institutions.

• Andean civilizationsRelated: Conquest ended imperial rule while redirecting Andean labor, land, and power.

• CuscoRelated: Spanish forces captured Cusco in 1533 and reshaped its government and built environment.

• PotosíNarrower topic: Spanish control of the region enabled colonial exploitation of Cerro Rico.

• Quechua peopleRelated: Conquest transformed Quechua communities through colonial government, labor demands, and religious change.

• AtahualpaNarrower topic: Atahualpa's capture was an opening episode in the larger conquest.

• Aymara peopleRelated: Conquest brought colonial rule and major changes to Aymara communities and institutions.

• Machu PicchuRelated: Machu Picchu was abandoned during the era of conquest, though its precise timeline is uncertain.

• New WorldBroader topic: It offers another specific case of conquest in territories Europeans grouped as the New World.

• QuipuRelated: Conquest disrupted the institutions that produced and interpreted quipu.

• Spanish treasure fleetBroader topic: The conquest brought Andean silver-producing regions into Spain’s imperial trade system.

• Manco Inca YupanquiNarrower topic: Spanish forces backed Manco's rise while dismantling the empire he would seek to restore.

• New Laws of 1542Related: Its aftermath intensified disputes over colonial power and Indigenous labor in Peru.

• HuáscarNarrower topic: The division between Huáscar and Atahualpa shaped the political conditions the Spanish encountered.

• Inca Civil WarRelated: The conquest followed the succession war and exploited the empire’s political fractures.

• Battle of CajamarcaNarrower topic: Cajamarca initiated the campaign that dismantled Inca political power.

• Gonzalo PizarroNarrower topic: Gonzalo’s status and wealth arose from the conquest and its aftermath.

• PachamamaRelated: Colonial rule transformed the settings in which Andean religious practices persisted and changed.

• Spanish conquest of the MuiscaCompared with: Unlike the Inca conquest, the Muisca campaign faced no single centralized empire to capture.

• Lima (Peru)Narrower topic: Lima emerged as the principal Spanish administrative center after the conquest.

• Pre-Columbian eraBroader topic: Its later timing shows that conquest unfolded unevenly across the Americas.

• ConquistadorBroader topic: The conquest under Francisco Pizarro shows how a small expedition exploited a succession crisis.

• Inca agricultureRelated: Conquest disrupted Inca institutions that had organized land, labor, and food distribution.

• ConquestBroader topic: It demonstrates how internal conflict and disease could shape the outcome of an invasion.

• Huayna CapacRelated: The conquest came soon after Huayna Capac’s death, amid dynastic conflict and epidemic disease.

• Hernando PizarroNarrower topic: Hernando’s governorship and military career were part of this broader conquest.

• Inca Garcilaso de la VegaRelated: His account interprets the conflict that transformed his family's world.

• Aymara languageRelated: Colonial rule brought Spanish into sustained contact with Aymara and altered its public status.

• Global silver tradeRelated: Spanish rule in the Andes enabled the exploitation of Potosí’s silver deposits.

• History of EcuadorRelated: Its aftermath brought Spanish rule to the territory now called Ecuador.

• History of PeruBroader topic: The conquest redirected Andean political power into Spanish colonial rule.

• Lope de AguirreNarrower topic: Aguirre’s claim to Peru challenged the colonial order created by this conquest.

• History of BoliviaRelated: It brought the region that became Bolivia under Spanish rule.