Pizarro's Last Battle: The War with the Almagros

Pizarro's Last Battle: The War with the Almagros

After Francisco Pizarro and his men toppled the Inca Empire, the Spanish victors turned their swords on each other. This episode dives into the vicious rivalry between Pizarro and his former partner Diego de Almagro, which erupted into open warfare. We cover the battle of Las Salinas in 1538, where Almagro was captured and executed, and the bloody revenge carried out by his loyalists, culminating in Pizarro's assassination in his own Lima palace in 1541. Along the way, we explore the role of native allies like the Cañari, the founding of Lima as a coastal capital, and how these internal conflicts nearly tore apart the new Spanish colony. A story of ambition, betrayal, and the crumbling of alliances in the Andes. #Pizarro #Almagro #SpanishCivilWar #BattleOfLasSalinas #AssassinationOfPizarro #Peru #Conquistadors #DiegoDeAlmagro #Lima #Cañari #FranciscoPizarro #SpanishEmpire #Inca #ColonialHistory #16thCentury #Andes #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

Rumiñahui and the Fall of Quito

After the execution of Atahualpa, the Spanish turned their sights northward to conquer the Inca heartland of Quito. In this episode, we follow the gripping story of General Rumiñahui, the 'Stone Eye,' who led a fierce resistance against Sebastián de Benalcázar's expedition. Discover the Battle of Tiocajas, where Inca tactics nearly stopped the Spanish, and the tragic burning of Quito to deny the invaders its riches. We explore Rumiñahui's capture, torture for the location of Atahualpa's treasure, and his eventual execution. This is a tale of loyalty, betrayal, and the brutal end of the northern Inca realm, shedding light on a lesser-known chapter of the conquest. #Rumiñahui #Quito #IncaResistance #Benalcázar #Tiocajas #Atahualpa #IncaEmpire #SpanishConquest #Cañari #BattleOfTiocajas #IncaGenerals #QuitoBurning #AndeanHistory #History #FexingoHistory #16thCentury #SouthAmerica #IndigenousResistance Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

Pizarro and the Inca Khipu: The Knotted Cords That Refused to Die

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the khipu, the Inca's sophisticated system of knotted cords that served as both accounting and narrative records. They discuss how khipukamayoc—the specialist record-keepers—used color, knot type, and placement to encode everything from census data to historical epics. Lucas explains how Spanish colonial authorities tried to eradicate khipus as instruments of 'idolatry,' yet the tradition survived in remote Andean communities. The episode covers the famous discovery of khipus at Laguna de los Cóndores and Llullaillaco, and the ongoing work of scholars like Gary Urton and Manny Medrano to decode them. Lucas highlights the iconic khipu from Rapaz, Peru, still used ceremonially, and the Puruchuco khipu that records a census of yanakuna servants. The conversation also touches on the ceque system of Cusco and how khipus integrated with huacas and capacocha sacrifices. This episode reveals how the knotted cords refuse to die, carrying Inca memory into the present. #Khipu #Inca #Tawantinsuyu #Khipukamayoc #GaryUrton #MannyMedrano #LagunaDeLosCondores #Llullaillaco #Rapaz #Puruchuco #Ceque #Huaca #Capacocha #ColonialPeru #AndeanHistory #History #FexingoHistory #Pizarro Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

Pizarro's Inca Quipu: The Knotted Cords That Refused to Die

When the Spanish conquistadors burned Inca khipus as works of the devil, they thought they were destroying an empire's memory. They were wrong. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the secret afterlife of the knotted cords—from hidden caches in the high Andes to a 21st-century breakthrough that finally cracked their code. They explore how khipukamayoc, the Inca record-keepers, adapted their ancient technology to Spanish colonial rule, encoding tribute records, land titles, and even Catholic prayers in fiber and knots. They visit the frozen mummies of Llullaillaco and the buried archive at Laguna de los Cóndores, where khipus lay silent for centuries. And they meet the modern polymath Manny Medrano, who showed that khipus hold a seven-bit binary code—a discovery that rewrites what we thought we knew about Inca literacy. This is a story not just of conquest, but of resilience: how a people kept their history alive in strands of cotton and alpaca wool, long after their temples fell. #Pizarro #Inca #khipu #quipu #khipukamayoc #Tawantinsuyu #LagunaDeLosCondores #Llullaillaco #MannyMedrano #GaryUrton #Andes #ColonialPeru #ExtirpacionDeIdolatria #Rapaz #Puruchuco #BinaryCode #IndigenousResilience #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

Pizarro's Inca Silver: Potosí and the Global Economy

In 1545, a shepherd in the high Andes stumbled upon a mountain of silver that would reshape the world. This episode follows the discovery of Potosí, the richest silver mine in history, and the forced labor system—the mit'a—that extracted its wealth. We explore how the Spanish colonial administration adapted the Inca mita for their own ends, the staggering scale of production that fueled global trade, and the human cost: thousands of indigenous workers sent to the freezing mountain, many never returning. We also look at the environmental impact, the mercury refining process, and the role of silver in linking the Americas to Asia via the Manila Galleons. The episode touches on key figures like Viceroy Francisco de Toledo, who formalized the system, and places like the Cerro Rico and the mint of Potosí. It's a story of exploitation, innovation, and the birth of global capitalism. #Potosí #CerroRico #mita #silver #FranciscoDeToledo #Inca #SpanishColonial #Andes #GlobalEconomy #ManilaGalleon #mercury #viceroyalty #quinto #llama #colonialism #mining #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]