Topic summary

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Belligerents

Spanish Empire (1537–1554)


Indian auxiliaries

Commanders and leadersStrength
  • 100,000 soldiers (1532)
  • 50,000 warriors (1535)
Casualties and losses 5,500,000 deaths as a result of disease (typhus and smallpox), 70,000 after the initial conquest and disease outbreak