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Inca defeat
A few hundred Spanish conquistadors took on tens of thousands of Inca warriors at a battle in 1532. The Inca emperor Atahualpa was taken captive and thousands of his followers were killed.
In 1532 a few hundred Spanish conquistadors took on tens of thousands of Inca warriors.
As the two sides met, the Spanish governor Pisaro put out an invitation to emperor Atahualpa who was promised he would be received as a friend and a brother.
But the Inca emperor was taken captive and thousands of his followers were killed.
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