What caused the fall of the Inca Empire?

The collapse of the Inca Empire started when the Spaniards arrived in Central America and transmitted their diseases to locals who spread them to other parts of the continent ... Influenza and smallpox were the main causes of death among the Inca population and it affected not only the working class but also the nobility. read more

From around 1200 when the first Inca, Manco Capac, settled in Cusco, until 1533 when the last Inca, Atahualpa, was executed; the Inca civilization had grown from a group of settlers to the largest empire in Pre-Columbian America. read more

The term ´Inca´meaning ruler or lord (in Quechua) was a name reserved only for the ruling family of the empire. After the Spanish invasion, the term ´Inca´ became more generic, referring to all of the people within the empire including natives, not just the ruling family. read more

The xVI marked the fall of the Inca empire, it due to many factor but the most important was the spanish conquest. The spanish had war tactics far mor advanced than the incan also they were not imune to europian deseases that extinguished 40% of the population. read more