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In 1532, a small band of Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, setting off a chain of events that would topple the largest empire in the pre-Columbian Americas. Over the next four decades, the Inca civilization—spanning from modern-day Colombia to Chile, with its heart in the Peruvian Andes—was systematically dismantled through warfare, disease, and political manipulation. This show, hosted by Lucas and Luna, traces the full arc of that destruction: from the rise of the Inca under Pachacuti and the construction of Machu Picchu, to the brutal Spanish conquest, the execution of Atahualpa, the Inca resistance led by Manco Inca and the Neo-Inca state at Vilcabamba, and the eventual fall of the last stronghold in 1572. We explore the sophisticated Inca road system, terrace agriculture, and quipu record-keeping; the role of indigenous allies like the Cañari and Huanca; the infamous Requerimiento; the encomienda system; and the devastating impact of smallpox. Why does this history matter today? Because the conquest of the Incas is a stark lesson in how technological disparity, internal division, and European colonialism reshaped the Americas—and because the descendants of the Inca still fight for recognition of their heritage and land rights. Join us as we unravel one of history's most dramatic collisions of worlds, where gold, faith, and ambition erased an empire in a generation. #FranciscoPizarro #IncaEmpire #ConquestOfPeru #Atahualpa #MachuPicchu #SpanishConquistadors #Cajamarca #MancoInca #Vilcabamba #AndeanCivilization #Pachacuti #Encomienda #Smallpox #ColonialLatinAmerica #IndigenousHistory #RiseAndFall #FexingoHistory #WorldHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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Portada del episodio Pizarro's Inca Pilot: The Navigator Who Betrayed an Empire

Pizarro's Inca Pilot: The Navigator Who Betrayed an Empire

In 1526, a young boy from Tumbes was taken aboard a Spanish ship and trained as a navigator. By the time Francisco Pizarro launched his final conquest, that boy—now known as Martinillo—had become the fleet's most trusted pilot, guiding the Spanish through the treacherous currents of the Pacific coast and the labyrinthine channels of the Inca heartland. This episode traces Martinillo's extraordinary journey from a coastal fishing village to the decks of Pizarro's fleet, and asks a uncomfortable question: was he a collaborator, or a survivor caught between two worlds? We explore the navigational challenges of the Inca coast, the role of indigenous pilots in the Spanish invasion, and the silence of the historical record on Martinillo's fate after Cajamarca. Drawing on ship logs, chronicles by Pedro Cieza de León and Francisco de Xerez, and recent scholarship on maritime conquest, we reveal how one man's knowledge of winds, stars, and shorelines made the destruction of Tawantinsuyu possible. #Pizarro #Inca #Martinillo #Tumbes #IndigenousPilots #MaritimeHistory #Navigators #Cajamarca #PedroCiezaDeLeon #FranciscoDeXerez #PacificCoast #ConquestOfPeru #Tawantinsuyu #Translators #Collaboration #16thCentury #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

1 de jul de 2026 - 6 min
Portada del episodio Pizarro and the Inca Aclla: The Chosen Women of the Sun

Pizarro and the Inca Aclla: The Chosen Women of the Sun

In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the role of the aclla cuna—the 'Chosen Women'—in the Inca Empire and what happened to them after Pizarro's conquest. These women, selected from across Tawantinsuyu for their beauty and skill, lived cloistered in acllawasi weaving fine cloth and brewing chicha for the Sapa Inca and Inti. When the Spanish arrived, the acllawasi were looted and the aclla were distributed among conquistadors as servants or concubines. Lucas and Luna discuss the story of Cuxirimay Ocllo, a high-status aclla who became the wife of Pizarro's brother Gonzalo, and how the Spanish chroniclers like Juan de Betanzos—himself married to an Inca noblewoman—documented these institutions. The episode also examines how the aclla system was repurposed by the Spanish encomienda system and reducciones, and how native women navigated their new reality. A nuanced look at gender, power, and cultural collision. #Inca #Aclla #CuxirimayOcllo #Pizarro #ChosenWomen #Tawantinsuyu #Inti #Acllawasi #Betanzos #Encomienda #ColonialPeru #Andes #SapaInca #Mamacuna #ReligiousSyncretism #WomenInHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

Ayer - 8 min
Portada del episodio Pizarro and the Inca Mallqui: The Mummy Lords Who Ruled from the Grave

Pizarro and the Inca Mallqui: The Mummy Lords Who Ruled from the Grave

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Inca practice of mallqui — the mummified remains of Sapa Incas and noble ancestors who were treated as living lords, consulted on politics, fed, clothed, and paraded through Cusco long after death. We trace how Francisco Pizarro's Spanish forces grappled with these "living mummies" after conquering the capital, and how the extirpation campaigns of the 16th and 17th centuries systematically hunted down and destroyed these sacred bundles. We discuss the role of the mallqui in legitimizing Inca rule, the ceque system that linked them to huacas and lineages, and the dramatic fate of the mummies of Pachacuti, Huayna Capac, and other emperors — some smuggled to Vilcabamba, others burned, one said to have wept. Drawing on accounts by Cieza de León, Betanzos, and the extirpator Cristóbal de Albornoz, we piece together the story of an invisible army of undying rulers that fought Pizarro's invasion from beyond the grave. #Inca #Mallqui #Mummies #FranciscoPizarro #Tawantinsuyu #Cusco #HuaynaCapac #Pachacuti #CiezaDeLeon #Betanzos #CristóbalDeAlbornoz #CequeSystem #Vilcabamba #Extirpation #AndeanHistory #ColonialPeru #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

Ayer - 11 min
Portada del episodio The Inca Ceque System and Pizarro's Sacred Geometry

The Inca Ceque System and Pizarro's Sacred Geometry

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the ceque system of Cusco—a complex network of 41 imaginary lines radiating from the Coricancha temple, organizing Inca society, religion, and astronomy. They discuss how the 328 huacas (sacred sites) along these lines structured time, ritual, and political power, and how the Spanish conquest disrupted this sacred geography. Lucas explains the role of the ceques in the Inca calendar, the integration of ayllu groups, and the parallel to a star map. The conversation also touches on how Pizarro and later extirpators of idolatry targeted these huacas, and what fragments remain today. Without rehashing earlier episodes on the Qhapaq Ñan, khipus, or aclla cuna, this episode offers a fresh lens on Inca spatial and temporal organization—a hidden infrastructure of belief that the Spanish tried to erase. #IncaCeque #Coricancha #Huaca #Cusco #Tawantinsuyu #SapaInca #Pizarro #SpanishConquest #IncaCalendar #SacredGeography #AndeanReligion #Extirpation #CristóbalDeAlbornoz #PabloJoséDeArriaga #GuamánPoma #Cosmovision #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

29 de jun de 2026 - 6 min
Portada del episodio Pizarro and the Inca's Last Emperor: Manco Inca's Vilcabamba War

Pizarro and the Inca's Last Emperor: Manco Inca's Vilcabamba War

In 1536, just three years after the Spanish conquest of Cusco, the Sapa Inca Manco Inca Yupanqui escaped his captors and launched the largest indigenous rebellion against Spanish rule in the Americas. This episode follows Manco's dramatic escape from Cusco, the 10-month siege of the city, the burning of Sacsayhuamán, and the establishment of the Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba. We explore Manco's alliance with the Huanca and Cañari who later betrayed him, the military tactics of the Inca army under commanders like Quizo Yupanqui, and the fragile diplomacy between Manco and Pizarro's brothers. The episode also touches on the role of the yanakuna and kurakas who switched sides, and the eventual assassination of Manco by Spanish deserters in 1544. A story of resistance, resilience, and the last Inca stronghold hidden in the Amazon cloud forests. #MancoInca #Vilcabamba #Sacsayhuamán #IncaResistance #Pizarro #FranciscoPizarro #Cusco #QuizoYupanqui #Huanca #Cañari #Yanakuna #NeoIncaState #SpanishConquest #Tawantinsuyu #Andes #IndigenousRebellion #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

29 de jun de 2026 - 6 min
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