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When Pizarro arrived, the Inca were in a civil war that followed the 1525 death of Huayna Capac, as his sons Attahualpa and Huascar fought for power.
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“When he arrived, there was civil war.”
“The previous Sapa Inca,”
“Huayna Capac, had died in 1525 and his two sons, Attahualpa and Huascar, turned on each other.”24:39Report a misattribution
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