It is possible that Sunday's video will be released at a later hour or even on Monday, please don't panic, don't call the police, don't do anything drastic. :-) What we can promise is that it is a good one. :-)
It would be cool tho if the videos were given titles like old headlines. "WAR! Napoleon strikes at Austrian heartland." "ATAHUALPA DEAD AT 31. PIZARRO SEIZES GOLD." Only slightly clickbaity.
Kings and Generals me too In India people only watch romantic movies or action movies that are fake as hell None of my friends or family member is intersted in History so i feel very lonely but glad i have this channel
Question: how did the Conquistadors at Cuzco survive a 10 month siege? They were trapped in 2 buildings at the center of the city, how did they not run out of food?
- Cogito - Come on man all you have to do is just but a bunch of wagons together, add a few spikes and cavalry won't do shit in narrow streets. The Incas were simply terrible at warfare.
@@Fankas2000 "Come on man all you have to do is just but a bunch of wagons together, add a few spikes and cavalry won't do shit in narrow streets." the incas were unfamiliar with the wheel but barricades or something should have done the trick. Only thing i can figure if the incas had mercy on spanish slaves and they smuggled supplies to their masters
It was so much fun to put this series together for you guys. As usual, if you have any questions about the Inca or even want to get a head start with Maya questions throw them at me. I'm happy to answer them. Also here's an interesting fact that had to be cut from the video. The very same men that assassinated Francisco Pizarro were the same men that assassinated Manco Inca. They had been paid by Diego de Almagro's son to kill Pizarro and after lived with Manco in Vilcabamba for a few years before also killing him. Interesting endings for the two major players in our story.
I know we can't judge them by modern standard/law, and I know the spanish empire(government)has supported in any form but I just don't know conquistadors should be considered as 'official spanish invasion force' or some 'semi-independent groups of very talented spanish killing machine'
O O You're kind if right here. The Spanish government did give permission for these conquests and accept 1/5 if all the treasures taken. But they were minority involved in the initial conquests. It was mostly rag tag groups of Spanish, Portugese, Italians, and Greeks. The Spanish government didn't really get involved until much later
Luis Well Hernando Pizarro killed Diego de Almagro and went to prison in Spain for that. Diego de Almagros son then had Francisco Pizarro assassinated. Gonzalo Pizarro tried to rebel against the Spanish crown when they sent a new Govorner to Peru and quickly got smack down for it. It appears that the Spanish monarchy was already unhappy with how the Pizarros had conducted themselves in Peru
I am not so sure actually - it is still ridiculuos how bad they lost against the spaniards. Like did they never hear about guerilla warfare ?Poison? Ambushes etc. ? Just sayin - i think the comanders actually led to the fail of the rebellion and overall the incan empire downfall - they were just not creative enough (except for quiso)...
Watching it, I also can't help but think about the same thing. If it only a hundred Spaniards left in two buildings against 100,000 men, why not slowly barricade outward inch-by-inch to the buildings and isolate them? Why not take create small squads of your best men from the 100,000 to continually wear down the men? Why not take Quito's deliveries of Spanish armor and weapons to arm and armor a small elite to make small engagements so you can at least "trade" casualties into attrition? Maybe even to scare them into surrender and thus effectively neutralize them without a long siege? But the honest reality is war is not a Total War game. One thing I still don't fully got my head around is that fighting, commanding, and tactics are really just that hard. Most battles are sporadic individual melees that people only know what's going on within eyesight. Tactics and command are more following established cultural systems than individual thinkers giving orders or appointing people. The video's example of the Bolas is an example in a way. Innovations in tactics requires everyone to be on the same page, even if someone has the idea, it either has to be something familiar enough so people would collectively start using or someone in a position make everyone use it. If you're on the ground in the rebellion back then. You're likely going to be an individual soldier. And soldier is a misnomer. You're likely just a farmer called up to fight. And since innovation requires a large number of people to be on the same page, unless it something everyone can immediately recognize.
you can't get through history without being cynical, all the innocent life lost just clinging to life. When it was business as usual to put entire villages and large city's to the sword and torch to feed your army.
Weren't these the people who cut off people's heads and let them roll off the the temple steps?idk. Anyhow you see the fate of the pizarros in the end not that it makes it right but..
Great video as usual. I think one of the greatest accomplishments of this series is that it was able to make the viewer empathize with the Spanish and Inca experiences simultaneously.
Another superb video by Kings and Generals. I actually did write an essay about the Great Inca Rebellion when I was working on my bachelor's and I believe that you did an excellent job covering the series of events which almost ended the Spanish conquest of Peru. I think that Manco Inca was one of the closest to defeating the Spanish, though he was beaten at achieving such a remarkable feat by the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, and the Pawnee and Otoe of Nebraska.
Bravo K&G! I have never in-depth learned about the Incans of their rise & fall, but this was a superb documentary. Thank you for dedicating the time and effort for this video.
opa blyn new video e: 3:00 turned real, fast. e2: Holy crap. You guys are getting better and better. So many dramatic moments in the video. The way you guys tell them, it's amazing.
You did not experienced your own empire's demise. My grandfather experienced it when the japanese conquered korea, and felt deepest despair. Demise of the country(culture) is the saddest affair no matter what country you are in. I deeply thank our grandfathers' neverending resiatance and America's double atomic bombs in Ww2 ending the Japanese occupation in korean peninsular.
Justin dye, Also brilliant strategem, superior discipline and vaster knowledge. The Spanish were the finest warriors on the planet at the time. You can read about Tercio spear men taking on armies many times larger and coming out on top around the world, even Europe.
@@KingsandGenerals Haha we live and learn! That's why you guys are my heroes. Anywho is there any chance you guys could cover the 1800s Mahdist war of Sudan or the Italian Ethiopian wars of WW2 sometime soon? I know it'll be fun either way
All you say is a HALF TRUTH. God, why you downplay the role of the Spanish native allies? 1. Francisco Pizarro MARRIED the daughter of the Huaylas "Queen" (Curaca actually but I don't know how to translate the title). The seige of Lima ended when thousands of Huaylas arrived to help Pizarro. 2. The Spanish managed to survive the seige of Cuzco BECAUSE they had THOUSANDS of Cañari and Chachapoya allies. You are making natives look like stupid, ignorant, savages unable to push back 200 a-holes. This is what Spain would like to say was the Spanish conquest, but this is not how ACTUALLY happened.
most of the time ancient history is only estimated. this video says there were 100,000 incas sieging cusco, other could said 50,000 and the ones that actually were there could be 30,000,(this are not real examples, just trying to make a point) he did mentioned they have native allies, your prior source could of said they were thousands, which doesn't mean it's the actual truth. anyways, i do agree that the winner writes history on their benefit, this is surely an example of it.
Wow, what a brilliant Video! Thanks for doing such great work! Every Video of your channel is an unique experience for everyone who is interested in history!
great great video. thank you so much. really looking forward to learn more about both Inca and Maya civilizations and of course can't wait to watch you series on Persian empire.
Imagine being a native American and going against the Spanish in early 16th century. You give him all you've got and he literally just shruggs it off with his armour. They were like tanks
that's not what happened at all lmao, at best they stabbed like two or three natives before they got their faces bashed in by a mace. The real battles were native coalition vs coalition
Great series, who all are really doing something amazing here, as much as people cry for more European history (which is also fascinating), know that it means so much to the rest of us to have our stories told! You all are amazing! Thank you! P.S. What are the chances we get a video on Tupac's rebellion someday?
Wow. Production quality of this one was spectacular. History of Americas isnt my favourite but i really enjoyed this one. Its really nice to see that you are making progress with your videos and i cant wait to see what next you have for us. TLDR i liked what you got good job
Great video series! Congratulations! I'm Peruvian, and I always find our History (and history in general) amazing!! These videos are also a great educational tool to diffuse our history to the world. Great job!
Yo Tambien. From New Jersey 🇵🇪. This kind of history deserves gaming attention for anyone who wish to learn some incan history. Similar gameplay that of Ghost of Tsushima Incans trying to unite and repel against spanish conquistador rule of their land.
2pac was named after Tupac Amaru II (a distant descendant of the Tupac Amaru in the video, who had led a rebellion in 1781 and was also executed by the Spanish)
Yes there's lots of rebellion in Philippines in 333 years of occupation by Spanish. From Silang Rebellion in North, Dagohoy in Central, and the tough Moro down South. Anyway, ages ago I read the battle of La Naval de Manila between Spanish and Dutch it was breathtaking I'm hoping u consider it in the future. 😇
I'm really happy that this video covers the Inca resistance to the Spanish after Cajamarca! A lot of popular history only cover the battle/massacre of Cajamarca and Atahualpa's murder and then leave it there, as if that was the end of the Spanish-Incan War. It wasn't, the Incans fought for decades against the Spanish and they learned good tactics for fighting against the Spanish and adopted some of the Spanish means of war, such as steel and horses. They certainly didn't go down without a fight (as people might assume from the ease of the capture of Atahualpa), even after the fall of Vilcabamba. People should look up the rebellion of Tupac Amaru II in 1780-1782. And even though the Spanish brutally surpressed the Inca language (Quechua), culture and religion, all these things have survived at least partially into the present day. Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have large indigenous populations (who form the majority in Bolivia). Despite ongoing discrimination, Quechua and Aymara are still widely spoken in the Andes and Inca festivals are still celebrated with a fusion of Christianity and the Inca religion (for example the Virgin Mary is often referred to as 'Pachamama' the Incan Earth goddess).
Stop with your black legend nonsense. Spain didn't "brutally supress" the Quechua language or the inca culture, the natives kept many of their tradition and the new mestizo (mixed) population was gradually hispanized. The fact you still have natives in Peru and Bolivia speaking quechua and aymara is the result of Spain's protection of the natives with laws such as the laws of Burgos and the Leyes Nuevas. Spanish administration was interested in spreading catholicism and receiving feudal tribute through mining silver and agriculture with the hacienda system; not in destroying the natives' culture or language. Honestly, if you compare it with North America you see who was the real brutal and genocidal colonial power: England.
@@Komnenit Ok, things are a little more nuanced. The Spanish did surpress the native religion, established a racially-based hierachy and enslaved Indians to work in places like Potosi. But they didn't setout to destroy Quechua and Aymara and tolerated some Inca culture and traditions. I don't mean to single out Spain, the English were just as brutal, if not more so. And the future US happily practiced genocide to obtain their 'manifest destiny'
Good joke, quechua was taugh in universities and priedt had to learn by law the quechua if they wanted to convert natives into Catholic and not by force because that was banned, if Spanish were like black legend says then their rule here would have ended by eternal rebellions like in Holland
@@MrAlexkyra the casts system did not exist. The mita system was something imposed by Inca nobility that became Spanish nobility, if you suppress mita then you had a big.rebellion in all Peru. And then mita would have continue even if they got independence from Spain in those years. Quechua dictionary was made frost than the french or English one. Stop saying or using the black legend
Great video I enjoyed it very much. I very much appreciated the actual quotes made by real people at the time, Please keep those quotes and other such details coming, they really bring the stories in your videos to life. They remind us that real people actually lived out the tales you tell. The inclusion of such details implies that you actually try to faithfully piece together the real stories yourselves by sifting through actual historical accounts for us and not just belching out what someone may have read on the side of a cornflake packet the morning before like some channels clearly seem to. The actual work of true enthusiastic historians is appreciated, you might like to tell us some of the behind the scenes details of your videos in a special video one day ;) . Final note: The unbelievable but true story of Pizarro flabberghasted me from the first time I read about him years ago. So a special thumbs up for the recounts of his tales from me.
Yeah, but we don't know how reliable many of those quotes are, like for example, in the previous video, they cite the supposed words of the priest after Atahualpa threw the bible to the ground, the thing is, that's only from ONE account, each account differs on what the priest said, none can agree, one of them says the priest ran back out of fear while crying for help. Truth is that we don't actually know what the fuck happened in the conquest of the Inca Empire, no account tell us the same. We can, however, tell the broad events, which is what most of the Inca historians do. you see, unlike Hernan Cortez conquest of the Aztecs, we don't really have reliable first-hand accounts with the Inca, many things we know of the Inca and its conquest were recorded many many decades later after it happened, often from 2nd or 3rd hand sources, plus, basically all accounts are from people that weren't interested in writing the naked truth, most of the conquest accounts are "provasas", documents used to legitimate land ownership and rights among the conquerors and it's families often exalting and exaggerating the facts or made them up so the earnings given by Spanish authorities could be higher, others were written as knight-novels, also with profit in mind, so the authors didn't particularly worried about accuracy, the priest quote is one example, I mean, which one do you believe is more likely? The Inca empire and it's conquest was a half-forgotten thing by the time people bother to write about it, and they were often biased in order to fulfill their agendas because of the very politically convulsed Andes of that era, that's why they differ some much from one to another. for example, some accounts talk favorably in regards to Pizarro while others to Almagro because of their particular affiliations, similarly, mestizo chroniclers often attribute the same feats to different Inca Emperors because of their affiliations with certain Inca clan families or "Panaka", some talk favorably of Atahualpa and ill of Huascar while others do the opposite because of their family grudges since Inca civil war. And also unlike Mexico Aztecs, we don't have first-hand accounts of the native side of the conquest to compare, we have one sole native account, the one of the Vilcabamba Emperor Titu Cusi but all Inca historians know that isn't reliable at all since it was written to be told as an Incan tale full of Andean metaphors more than an accurate chronicle. and Titu Cusi was born much later after the initial conquest, he also had an agenda, mostly biased against Atahualpa in this case, I mean he told us that his farther Manco Inca was the rightful heir, thing we know is not true, and the account was recorded by a priest who edited it, so they probably aren't his exact words.
People that recorded much of what we know of the Inca weren't you typical historians but people with several political affiliations who wrote in order to fulfill their multiple agendas, to gain lands, money, and prestige more than to preserve history for the prosperity. I mean, the reason why this channel and history books tell you that they were about 3,000 Incas in the Cajamarca plaza isn't because Spanish chroniclers, but because archaeological work done on the same Inca plaza buried underneath Cajamarca which couldn't physically sustain more people, if no archaeological work was done there, it would be 40,000 instead, like 20th century historians accepted. I also partially blame this fact to the very politically unstable Andes of that era, with multiple sides for one thing or another, assassinations, civil wars between europeans, and also between natives, the collapse of the empire left multiple power vacuums for several years and the power-hungry people saw the opportunity. There were many people who switched factions several times, natives and europeans alike, Spanish soldiers who sided with the Incas against their fellow Spaniards like in the siege of Cuzco, Cusquenian Inca citizens who sided with the Spaniards in the siege of Cuzco, Caciques who sided with the Spaniards firstly because of their political affiliations with Huascar and later because of political-power aspirations, Spaniards newly arrived from Guatemala who saw an opportunity to sack the north of the empire, remnants of the Atahualpa army in the northern empire enemies of the southern Incas but also of the Spaniards, Yanakuna servants rebelling, black slaves rebelling, soldiers of Paullu Inca the new puppet emperor elected after Manco left battling against Manco's troops, Spaniards of Pizarro/Almagro factions waging a war for the city of Cuzco with both sides supported by different Inca families and others, Vilcabamba Emperor Sayri Tupac signing peace with the Spaniards, Emperor Tupac Amaru throwing the peace treaty out of the window, people who sided with Pizarro, with Almagro, with Vilcabamba, with Cuzco, the huancas, huayllas, chachapoyas, etc. There was so much happening. In the end, colonial administrators send by the King himself arrived in Peru in order to stop all the chaos that was happening, the first viceroy dispatched was beheaded, the second one beheaded Gonzalo, the leader of a conquistadors' revolt who were waging a war against the new colonial government, many of those rebels desired to proclaim independence marrying their leader Gonzalo with an Inca Princess to create a weird Spanish-Inca kingdom of Peru, “this land belongs to the ones that conquered it” they said. Later the newly Spanish administrators destroyed the remnants of the Inca empire in Vilcabamba. With that relative peace was finally achieved, but most of the people who had a first-hand experience of what really happened died, such as Almagro or Pizarro.
Great Video really enjoyed the series on the Incan empire and all your other videos to. Please keep up the good work great channel. I really appreciated and can see the amount of effort and commitment out into making these videos as good as they are
+Kings and Generals I let my friends who are interested in history know about your channel and will let as many people as i can know about your work. You truly do an amazing job with your work. Especially the Incan and Aztec series are some of your best work. Goodluck with the rest of your videos can't wait to see them and share them with friends.
Amazing video, looking forward to the mayan series. After that, Portuguese colonization of Brazil would be cool to learn about, or the french, British or US colonization of North America.
Amazing trilogy! A clear example of how the wheel keeps on turning and how empires rise and fall into oblivion. It happened to the Incas and it happened to the Spanish. Please, make something similar for the other native tribes in the Americas.
I feel like this only works if you pronounce Carlos like a British person and not an American. Lmao. But still I'm more sad to see how easily people get triggered by something so simple.
Whose culture contributed nothing to the modern or ancient world, that is right Arabs. If they disappeared off face of the world it would not be a LOS hahahah
Movie Jose Arabs taught you everything good in your life. You wouldn’t be here watching and typing comments on here if it weren’t for the Muslim Arabs, yes they invented algebra. They were doing mathematics, eye surgery, running universities while you sat in caves painting your face blue... facts
Nice videos ! As a peruvian I really appreciate them. Please do videos about the independance war. It was quite amusing. Specially the last two battles at Junin and Ayacucho.
“Some Spaniards claim to have seen the Virgin Mary herself descend from heaven and put out the flames. The Inca chroniclers report that it wasn’t the African slaves that the spanish had stationed in the roof who put it out under a barrage of arrows and rocks.” Lol
Kings and Generals Interesting stuff. In my opinion, the how the conquest of the Americas went down is one of the greatest tragedies in human history. So many lives lost and fascinating civilizations destroyed. Really enjoyed this series with you and cogito.
Like it was the first time a superior civilization overwhelmed a more privitive one... have you heard about the Romans? at least the spaniard merged both cultures and american people had as many rights as a peasant in deep Castilla, british were way less respectful with natives in the north.
Well done and informative... Manco's demise is sad History of the defeat of not only Manco but the Inca peoples. You have Devin narrating and that only makes the video more real and smooth listening. Thx guys, keep up the good work cause I wanna keep watching. 👀
It was the demise of the Inca control of the Empire not of the Inca people per se, many Inca noblesse survived, heck there are still some surviving Inca royal lineages families or Panakas left around Cuzco, you see, Manco's Vilcabamba Kingdom were Inca "rebel" side, many other ethnic Incas stayed in Cuzco's city cohabitating with the Spaniards. And it wasn't until the 18th century that the Spaniards banned many Inca customs and culture, all because of a rebellion, they banned things such as wearing distinctive Inca tunics or speaking Quechua, but the ban wasn't enforced and remained largely ineffective, as for example Quechua was still spoken by more than half of the Peruvian population until the 40s, and is still spoken by millions of people to this day.
I am sure it was a sad demise for the peoples that the Incas defeated also otherwise the Pizzaro would not of had thousands of natives to fight for him.
Movie Jose Great Point and something the gets forgotten in lecture and education. My statement was more directed at Manco and his failure. I just felt bad for the guy.
I've always been interested in the Aztec, Inca and Maya civilizations and i really love those series on them. You're really doing a great job, i don't have any means to donate but if one day i have, i promise you'll get a donation. Anyway, now that i have finished my exams i will try to contribute by doing the subtitles in french. Thanks for all and keep going your videos i love it. :)
Myself being a Pizarro is interesting, sad and a bit shameful to learn what the Pizarros conquistadors family did to the incan empire. Still an interesting chapter of mesoamerican history thank you for sharing it
Well that's a very interesting (and complicated) question. I believe that any conquest by force is wrong. The arrival of the conquerors interrupted the natural development of the Inca culture, of course in a long term it provide this land with new technology and advances, but at the cost of almost all the customs, the economy, the worldview and many other aspects of this culture. So, to answer your question, I believe that we surrendered to the reality and assimilate the other culture, but not really, because of the contrast between both is tangible to this day.
Thank You Guys for covering this. I am from another side of the world and I have no idea about past history of south America. The way Spanish conquer Inca land and kill the native people is just brutal. I feel very sad in the end. It's a very sad how a Great Empire and culture destroy. Thank you Guys again
you should look at british history people blame the spanish for being evil the spanish only killed at war they didnot kill because they felt like it if they did they would be sent to jail im not justifying spains acts but really man the british did worse massacres than the spanish
I'm glad Spanish at the end so Peru was born as viceroyalty and was a step into the future becoming a powerful entity in the south with better quality of life than any European kingdom
The Great Inca Rebellion entirely missed the important role played by Quispe Sisa, the half-sister of emperor Atawalpa and concubine of Francisco Pizarro. When emperor Manco Capac revolted, he sent an Inca army to storm the city of Lima. It nearly crushed the Spanish, who were forced to barricade themselves in a few large city buildings. Who saved Pizarro and his men? It was Quispe Sisa. She called upon her mother, queen Contarhuacho of the kingdom of Huayas, a people who lived North of Lima, conquered by the Incas two generations earlier, to send reinforcements to ultimately break the siege of Lima.
Manco Inca's full speech "I have sent to call in the presence of our relatives and servants to tell you what I feel about what those foreigners want from us so that in time, and before they get together any more, we can give order to what is generally convenient for everyone. Remember that the past Incas, my parents, who rest in the sky with the sun, sent from Quito to Chile doing such works to those they received as vassals that it seemed they were children coming from their womb: they did not steal, nor did they kill, but when it was convenient to justice, they had in the provinces the order and reason that you know. The rich did not take pride, the poor did not feel need, they enjoyed tranquility and perpetual peace: our sins did not deserve such gentlemen, rather they were an opportunity for them to enter our land these bearded ones, since theirs is so far from it, they preach one and do another, all the admonishments they give us they do it backwards. They have no fear of God or shame, treat us Like dogs, they do not call us by other names: their greed has been so great that they have not left a temple or a palace that they have not stolen, but they will not save them even if all the snows turn to gold and silver. My father's daughters, with other ladies, your sisters and relatives, have them as mistresses; and do this bestially. They want to distribute, as they have begun, all the provinces, giving each of them one, so that as a lord he can steal it. They tried to have us so subjugated and overwhelmed that we have no more care than to look for metals, provide them with our women and cattle. Without this, the anacondas [perpetual servant or captive] and many mitimaes [resettlers] have joined themselves: these traitors before did not wear fine clothes or put on rich llauto, as they joined with them, they treat each other as Incas; I don't even need to take off my tassel anymore, they don't honor me when they see me, they talk loosely, because they learn from the thieves with whom they hang out. The justice and reason they have had to do these things and what these Christians will do: look at it! I ask you: where did we meet them, what do we owe them, or which of them do we insult so that with these horses and iron weapons they have waged so much war against us. Atabalipa killed without reason, they did the same to his captain general Chalacuchima; Ruminabi, Zopezopagua, they have also died in Quito in fire because the souls burn with the bodies and cannot go to enjoy heaven: it seems to me that it will not be a fair and honest thing that we consent to such, but that we try with all determination to die without none remain, or kill these cruel enemies of ours. Of those who went with the other tyrant of Almagro, pay no attention, because Paullo and Villahoma are in charge of lifting the land to kill them." (CRÓNICA DEL PERÚ Tercera Parte Cieza de León,
Hey I really like your videos, they are colorful, entertaining and show the history of the Maya and Inca world on a world scale. I really liked the video on the war between Calakmul and Tikal, that could be a great TV series on HBO. I liked this video too, however once I got to the defeat of the Inca army in Lima I was a bit confused, since it seemed that the Spanish single handily defeated the Inca army. However, you might not have known about the new evidence that has emerged of the Indigenous allies of Pizarro's wife named Quisquepisa who came to rescue the city from the Inca. The Spanish Chronicles always downplay or completely ignore the vital role of Indian Allies in the Conquest of the the Americas, it happened in Mexico too, Cortez would have been whipped if it wasn't for his Tlaxcaltec and indigenous allies who not only fought along side with the Spanish but also provided food and porters. I don't want to sound too critical or picky, I just wanted to make sure the role of Indigenous peoples, their agency and their real history isn't ignored. The NOVA documentary "The Great Inca Rebellion" really taps into this subject, I'll add the link. If you wan to just see the part were they mention what I just said watch at 30:40, where historians talk about documents that record all this. Keep making more videos, I really enjoy them! Thanks for your time.
What I find interesting... The Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula lasted for over 500 years until the last Moor was driven off Europe. Only 30 years later; Spain seizes middle-Ameirca and conquers the new World. The Indigenes had no chance, they only "Played" war while the Conquestadore grew up during total War.
The Last 50 years of the reconquista hardly count as a real war. The Moors in Granada basically just existed in a long siege, this allowed Castile to consolidate it's power, and when the crowns of Aragon and Castile were joined, that brought in parts of Italy as a source of power as well. After Granada fell, the Spanish had a surplus of trained soldiers that now had no war to fight, so sending them overseas to the Americas was just common sense. They couldn't fight the power of the Ottomans until Lepanto, but even after that, the Mediterranean was effectively closed. So America is where they would go. And it's not like they needed a lot. Plenty of natives, in the thousands, allied with them, and their weapons plus their disease ensured that only the minimum of Spaniards need to ever participate. There wasn't really a "recovery" from the reconquista because essentially since the 1300s, the Moors weren't as much of a challenge as much of a very large hill. Plus Portugal and Aragon helped plenty. On top of all that, the eventual emergence of the Hapsburgs ensured that the Spanish had plenty of men to draw from in different theaters.
Syed Ahmed This isn't really accurate. They didn't have much conflict with the Ottomans at all until the late 1500s, but it is fair to say they simply didn't want to fight them either because they were incredibly strong and honestly, what would they gain? Keep in mind, the allied fleet did wreck the Ottomans at Lepanto. Though it didn't matter as far as opening the Mediterranean, it did keep Turkey in the sea and kept them from expanding more by using naval supremacy. Although, it hardly counts as a Spanish fleet. Lol. Castile had no reason to bother with the Ottomans. And the Ottomans had no reason to bother with them. To say that either whipped the other simply is wrong because they really never met in a large scale war.
Syed Ahmed Also, no one in the world, not even Portugal has ever claimed Portugal is a major military power. They only wanted to trade, and established colonies mostly for that reason, except in Brazil, and that had to do with paying captains, not really conquest on the part of Portugal itself. So saying that the Portuguese were afraid of fighting much larger powers, while correct, completely undercuts what the Portuguese wanted to do. They wanted to be free, and they wanted wealth. Fighting Spain or the Ottomans was not their goal in anything after the reconquista. So your statement makes little sense. If your point is to say that major Christian powers were terrified of Islam, I'd just point out that those same powers are pretty much responsible for destroying one of the greatest civilisations to ever exist in Moorish Spain. And I'll point out that some rather small kingdoms stalled and defeated the Ottomans plenty of times in their history, including other Islamic nations. It's irresponsible to try and take sides when the point your making doesn't line up with the aims of the civilizations at those times. Yes, Turkey prevented access to India through the Mediterranean. Yes, it caused Iberia to look westward instead. But no that doesn't mean that Castile was incapable of fighting them. Nor does it say that they were capable. They simply didn't really try and neither did the Ottomans.
Syed Ahmed none of those battles are all that large scale. And even though Lepanto is the largest scale, and most people don't even consider that all that huge of a battle. Nothing in the Mediterranean was decisive. Turkey was checked going westward. Europe could not go Eastward. That's all that you can conclude. Not that one civilization was afraid of the other.
Another lovely video! Man, i am really loving this new world history. Now that we have the basic grounds for South America, do you ever plan to cover the Arauco War?
It is possible that Sunday's video will be released at a later hour or even on Monday, please don't panic, don't call the police, don't do anything drastic. :-) What we can promise is that it is a good one. :-)
Could you make one episode about the GREAT KHMER EMPIRE pretty please?
It would be cool tho if the videos were given titles like old headlines. "WAR! Napoleon strikes at Austrian heartland." "ATAHUALPA DEAD AT 31. PIZARRO SEIZES GOLD." Only slightly clickbaity.
Kings and Generals are you mocking new agers eh?
You could make it work. ;}
The Spanish-Inca War that started with Manco's rebellion might be one of the saddest things in history.
"Overextension is just a number" - Pizarro after anexing the whole Incan Empire in one single treaty
But then... :-)
is that an Europa universalis reference!? *applauds*
@@KingsandGenerals Inca Nationalist rising of every province xD
pizarro got killed later after only 10 years taking control
by another spanish diego de almagro all beacuse of greed gold and silver
God, Manco's story would be a really good movie, a sad one to be sure but if executed properly, could be very moving.
Agreed. But nowadays I just want to watch any historical movie. :-)
Kings and Generals me too
In India people only watch romantic movies or action movies that are fake as hell
None of my friends or family member is intersted in History so i feel very lonely but glad i have this channel
James Tang that's really true
+Umar Ansari, As a FIlipino, I can feel the same thing.
When I inevitably start writing historical fiction books to publish, this'll be on the list of ideas
When you get bored, Kings and Generals videos always come to the rescue.
We are always here for you. :-)
Kamil Szadkowski we have lots of irritating families in our home came for Holiday so i locked my room and watched lots of Kings and Generals videos
Always happens on the holidays. :-)
Kings and Generals thought that happens only in India
Indeed they do
This is what will happen when you ignore your military tech in Eu4
This is what happens when you ignore EU4 in general. :-)
Charging 10000 mil 1 level troops into 200 mil 32 troops would simply shatter them
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 my thoughts exactly
Not even that, this is what happens when you hax the game and black death more thn half of your enemies population.
Or send them against anything decent in HoI4.
Question: how did the Conquistadors at Cuzco survive a 10 month siege? They were trapped in 2 buildings at the center of the city, how did they not run out of food?
The cavalry could break through the Inca lines and raid food and water from the country side
- Cogito - Come on man all you have to do is just but a bunch of wagons together, add a few spikes and cavalry won't do shit in narrow streets. The Incas were simply terrible at warfare.
Yes, it has no sense, but some locals were against the incas so spanish got some help, they didn't fight alone.
@@Fankas2000 "Come on man all you have to do is just but a bunch of wagons together, add a few spikes and cavalry won't do shit in narrow streets." the incas were unfamiliar with the wheel but barricades or something should have done the trick. Only thing i can figure if the incas had mercy on spanish slaves and they smuggled supplies to their masters
They ate the rats also known as cuy.
It was so much fun to put this series together for you guys. As usual, if you have any questions about the Inca or even want to get a head start with Maya questions throw them at me. I'm happy to answer them.
Also here's an interesting fact that had to be cut from the video. The very same men that assassinated Francisco Pizarro were the same men that assassinated Manco Inca. They had been paid by Diego de Almagro's son to kill Pizarro and after lived with Manco in Vilcabamba for a few years before also killing him. Interesting endings for the two major players in our story.
I know we can't judge them by modern standard/law, and I know the spanish empire(government)has supported in any form but I just don't know conquistadors should be considered as 'official spanish invasion force' or some 'semi-independent groups of very talented spanish killing machine'
Jorge Prieto Sorry we forgot to add then this time. They are in the description of the other videos in this series
O O You're kind if right here. The Spanish government did give permission for these conquests and accept 1/5 if all the treasures taken. But they were minority involved in the initial conquests. It was mostly rag tag groups of Spanish, Portugese, Italians, and Greeks. The Spanish government didn't really get involved until much later
- Cogito - what happened to the incas after they were conquered?
Luis Well Hernando Pizarro killed Diego de Almagro and went to prison in Spain for that. Diego de Almagros son then had Francisco Pizarro assassinated. Gonzalo Pizarro tried to rebel against the Spanish crown when they sent a new Govorner to Peru and quickly got smack down for it. It appears that the Spanish monarchy was already unhappy with how the Pizarros had conducted themselves in Peru
This is somewhat sad. The Inca tried their best to resist but were defeated in the end.
Yeah, it is a very dramatic story.
I am not so sure actually - it is still ridiculuos how bad they lost against the spaniards. Like did they never hear about guerilla warfare ?Poison? Ambushes etc. ?
Just sayin - i think the comanders actually led to the fail of the rebellion and overall the incan empire downfall - they were just not creative enough (except for quiso)...
Well if you look at the history of colonization Inca is not the only one who suffer from this cruelty
Watching it, I also can't help but think about the same thing. If it only a hundred Spaniards left in two buildings against 100,000 men, why not slowly barricade outward inch-by-inch to the buildings and isolate them? Why not take create small squads of your best men from the 100,000 to continually wear down the men? Why not take Quito's deliveries of Spanish armor and weapons to arm and armor a small elite to make small engagements so you can at least "trade" casualties into attrition? Maybe even to scare them into surrender and thus effectively neutralize them without a long siege?
But the honest reality is war is not a Total War game. One thing I still don't fully got my head around is that fighting, commanding, and tactics are really just that hard. Most battles are sporadic individual melees that people only know what's going on within eyesight. Tactics and command are more following established cultural systems than individual thinkers giving orders or appointing people. The video's example of the Bolas is an example in a way. Innovations in tactics requires everyone to be on the same page, even if someone has the idea, it either has to be something familiar enough so people would collectively start using or someone in a position make everyone use it.
If you're on the ground in the rebellion back then. You're likely going to be an individual soldier. And soldier is a misnomer. You're likely just a farmer called up to fight. And since innovation requires a large number of people to be on the same page, unless it something everyone can immediately recognize.
there weren't 100k men more like few thousands at best.
Very good video, terribly sad how everything went down there though.
Maybe, I am getting cynical, but I no longer feel sad about history. Things happened, learn from them, be better.
you can't get through history without being cynical, all the innocent life lost just clinging to life. When it was business as usual to put entire villages and large city's to the sword and torch to feed your army.
Weren't these the people who cut off people's heads and let them roll off the the temple steps?idk. Anyhow you see the fate of the pizarros in the end not that it makes it right but..
James Kovach You're thinking of the popular portrayal of the Aztecs
it was more penis mutilation right as well i heard a lot about that.
This video was very narratively moving and the music was on point.
Cogito is always improving. :-)
Great video as usual. I think one of the greatest accomplishments of this series is that it was able to make the viewer empathize with the Spanish and Inca experiences simultaneously.
Thank you very much! :-)
Great video bro! You teach really good. Greetings from Spain.
This video was great and very well documented! Might even be my favorite in the series. Very well done and thank you as always
Thanks for watching and for the feedback! :-)
2pac is a part time rapper full time Incan Emperor.
He actually took the name from the Incan Emperor, as a symbol.
Kings and Generals The irony both of em were executed.
Abu Qital Nah it's pretty much the same you got killed by other hand
He most likely took it from Tupac Amaru II, who led a revolt against Spanish in the 18th century.
jude norbz XD
Epic, a match ends, and then this! It can't get any better!. This video was very well done! props to your team, keep it up!
Thank you, my friend. :-)
Kings and Generals which team you support in World Cup
Brazil
Kings and Generals nice
Well, you 2 nill'd it, at the 91 and 97, nice work, Costa Rica almost had you for draw there, as you were almost playing 4-1-5!
Another superb video by Kings and Generals. I actually did write an essay about the Great Inca Rebellion when I was working on my bachelor's and I believe that you did an excellent job covering the series of events which almost ended the Spanish conquest of Peru. I think that Manco Inca was one of the closest to defeating the Spanish, though he was beaten at achieving such a remarkable feat by the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, and the Pawnee and Otoe of Nebraska.
Thank you!
Also the Chichimecs of Gran Chichimeca and the Comanches of Comancheria.
Bravo K&G! I have never in-depth learned about the Incans of their rise & fall, but this was a superb documentary. Thank you for dedicating the time and effort for this video.
Thanks for watching :-)
A great video as always, and just in time to celebrate the Andean-amazonic new year of the Aymara calendar today. Happy 5526, guys!!!!
I had no idea! :-) Congratulations!
Fantastic video, and well explained!! 👏
Thank you for making videos related to Spanish history :-)
Thanks for watching, more planned! :-)
opa blyn new video
e: 3:00 turned real, fast.
e2: Holy crap. You guys are getting better and better. So many dramatic moments in the video. The way you guys tell them, it's amazing.
Thanks, Cogito is really good. :-)
Thanks for uploading this so quickly! I didn't know there was so much depth in the Incan conquest! These people really put up a fight!
Thanks for watching! The next series on the Maya looks great, btw. :-)
Looking forward to it!
You make the best videos in this category, hands down!
Cogito is great, indeed. :-)
Thank you for the great video. Means a lot to me cause I'm Peruvian.
Thank you for watching!
I am so grateful to all of you and your great work! Thank you! Keep it up!
We will, thank you very much!
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Agreed, but easier said than done.
May God bless Kings and Generals team, narrators, editors and Patreons
We also appreciate all of you guys. :-)
Sadder than the fall of my Empire
Nothing is sadder than that. :-)
Well why don’t you go back a in time and hand them French Bayonets. And get a heir for god’s sake
At least France still exist...
There is Peru
You did not experienced your own empire's demise. My grandfather experienced it when the japanese conquered korea, and felt deepest despair. Demise of the country(culture) is the saddest affair no matter what country you are in. I deeply thank our grandfathers' neverending resiatance and America's double atomic bombs in Ww2 ending the Japanese occupation in korean peninsular.
Guns, smallpox, steel, and horses are too OP, need to nerf in the next patch.
Kings and Generals That's actually my favorite book of all time and I've read it 3 times. Glad you got my innuendo!
Justin dye, Also brilliant strategem, superior discipline and vaster knowledge. The Spanish were the finest warriors on the planet at the time. You can read about Tercio spear men taking on armies many times larger and coming out on top around the world, even Europe.
@@KingsandGenerals Oof I respect his attempt but Diamond has a very warped and inaccurate view of history.
@@thomasbrown3867 I know better now
@@KingsandGenerals Haha we live and learn! That's why you guys are my heroes. Anywho is there any chance you guys could cover the 1800s Mahdist war of Sudan or the Italian Ethiopian wars of WW2 sometime soon? I know it'll be fun either way
This is so hard to watch because I'm rooting for the Inca but I also know the way history goes down :(
I hear you. :-)
@λ 3 heartless bastard.:D
If you REALLY studied how the Inca went down, you wouldn't be rooting for them.
@@Nihilio The priest said nothing wrong pagans were worse than Christians
im peruvian....HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL?
Thanks for making these K&G - you knock it out of the park on every occasion!
This one is all Cogito and Devin, but thanks. :-)
Thank you for this excellent series of the Inca!!
Thanks! The series on Maya will also be interesting. :-)
All you say is a HALF TRUTH. God, why you downplay the role of the Spanish native allies?
1. Francisco Pizarro MARRIED the daughter of the Huaylas "Queen" (Curaca actually but I don't know how to translate the title). The seige of Lima ended when thousands of Huaylas arrived to help Pizarro.
2. The Spanish managed to survive the seige of Cuzco BECAUSE they had THOUSANDS of Cañari and Chachapoya allies. You are making natives look like stupid, ignorant, savages unable to push back 200 a-holes. This is what Spain would like to say was the Spanish conquest, but this is not how ACTUALLY happened.
Very True, In Subcontinent India 90% OF THE British Army were made up of Native Indians
most of the time ancient history is only estimated. this video says there were 100,000 incas sieging cusco, other could said 50,000 and the ones that actually were there could be 30,000,(this are not real examples, just trying to make a point) he did mentioned they have native allies, your prior source could of said they were thousands, which doesn't mean it's the actual truth. anyways, i do agree that the winner writes history on their benefit, this is surely an example of it.
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thank you for your hardwork and time you put into this amazing videos.
Thanks for watching!
Wow, what a brilliant Video! Thanks for doing such great work! Every Video of your channel is an unique experience for everyone who is interested in history!
Thank you for this praise. :-)
Its a Honour watching your videos!
For my birthday guys 😢😢thank you guys !!!!
Happy birthday, my friend! :-)
Actually is tomorrow, but thank you guys !!
Congratulations, Joey, have a good one!
Rayan Hachem mine is tomorrow too !!!!! Srly 😮
Christermi, happy birthday! :-)
great great video.
thank you so much.
really looking forward to learn more about both Inca and Maya civilizations and of course can't wait to watch you series on Persian empire.
Thank you!
Imagine being a native American and going against the Spanish in early 16th century. You give him all you've got and he literally just shruggs it off with his armour. They were like tanks
@@Vichikuma aren’t they from like southern argentina, either way argentina and chile both took over mapuche lands and colonized it themselves
both Aztecs and Incans had some victories but in the end too slow to adapt.
that's fiction
that's not what happened at all lmao, at best they stabbed like two or three natives before they got their faces bashed in by a mace. The real battles were native coalition vs coalition
@@jgelias4289 the chileans got em when someone finally actually wanted to conquer the place tho.
So happy that I found this Channel at it's hour zero
Great Channel and great work as always Nurrik & Phoenix
Thanks for being with us for so long. :-)
Kings and Generals Always guys, always.
I learn every week much more trough you guys.
Great series, who all are really doing something amazing here, as much as people cry for more European history (which is also fascinating), know that it means so much to the rest of us to have our stories told! You all are amazing! Thank you!
P.S. What are the chances we get a video on Tupac's rebellion someday?
Thank you! The chances that we will cover everything eventually are high, it is a matter of time. :-)
Such a happy story, thank you for the series of videos.
happy? wtf is wrong with you
Amazing narration. Great research. Greater than the best History lectures. Thank you.👏
Thanks for watching!
I will donating. Is is possible to make a video on Sequoyah, who created a Native American language?
@@RS-jh2kl will consider!
Wow. Production quality of this one was spectacular. History of Americas isnt my favourite but i really enjoyed this one. Its really nice to see that you are making progress with your videos and i cant wait to see what next you have for us. TLDR i liked what you got good job
Thank you very much, more on the way! :-)
Great video series! Congratulations! I'm Peruvian, and I always find our History (and history in general) amazing!! These videos are also a great educational tool to diffuse our history to the world. Great job!
Yo Tambien. From New Jersey 🇵🇪. This kind of history deserves gaming attention for anyone who wish to learn some incan history. Similar gameplay that of Ghost of Tsushima Incans trying to unite and repel against spanish conquistador rule of their land.
Sí mano, deberían hacer película de todo esto firme, con la complejidad de todos los personajes involucrados
Thank you to you too for making such informative videos
Thanks for watching!
Such great work goes into these videos. Magnificent!!!
Glad to hear you guys enjoy it. :-)
This is easily one of the best channels on TH-cam
Thank you very much. :-) Tell your friends! :-)
Kings and Generals
Don't worry, I already have. Keep going, you guys are doing God's work
Why do people think 250 people beat an army of 30,000???
The Spanish had THOUSANDS of native allies as well.
Damn the quality of these videos are getting better every time
Thank you very much!
I mean I knew they would lose but I was still so hopeful for the Inca
Yeah, it is a dramatic story. :-)
great episode again... thank you guys
Thanks for watching!
Bloody amazing series
Thank you! The next on the Maya is coming along nicely. :-)
Excellent video, love the artwork!
Thank you very much!
Damn spanish man, they executed Tupac.
2pac was named after Tupac Amaru II (a distant descendant of the Tupac Amaru in the video, who had led a rebellion in 1781 and was also executed by the Spanish)
You bastards!!!!
grab your flintlocks when you see tupac, call the conquistadors when you see Tupac.
@@joseoctavioveracervantes2221 no because of Spanish tyranny
He will be back, and he will be millions.
Great video! General
Thank you very much!
Do one about the Philippine rebellions pls uwu
Our battles are immensely underrepresented (though that may be partly due to lack of information)
Will consider!
Yes there's lots of rebellion in Philippines in 333 years of occupation by Spanish. From Silang Rebellion in North, Dagohoy in Central, and the tough Moro down South. Anyway, ages ago I read the battle of La Naval de Manila between Spanish and Dutch it was breathtaking I'm hoping u consider it in the future. 😇
@@EmperorDionx what a supremacist
"Uwu"
Love the new format!!
Thanks!
I'm really happy that this video covers the Inca resistance to the Spanish after Cajamarca! A lot of popular history only cover the battle/massacre of Cajamarca and Atahualpa's murder and then leave it there, as if that was the end of the Spanish-Incan War. It wasn't, the Incans fought for decades against the Spanish and they learned good tactics for fighting against the Spanish and adopted some of the Spanish means of war, such as steel and horses. They certainly didn't go down without a fight (as people might assume from the ease of the capture of Atahualpa), even after the fall of Vilcabamba. People should look up the rebellion of Tupac Amaru II in 1780-1782. And even though the Spanish brutally surpressed the Inca language (Quechua), culture and religion, all these things have survived at least partially into the present day. Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have large indigenous populations (who form the majority in Bolivia). Despite ongoing discrimination, Quechua and Aymara are still widely spoken in the Andes and Inca festivals are still celebrated with a fusion of Christianity and the Inca religion (for example the Virgin Mary is often referred to as 'Pachamama' the Incan Earth goddess).
Stop with your black legend nonsense. Spain didn't "brutally supress" the Quechua language or the inca culture, the natives kept many of their tradition and the new mestizo (mixed) population was gradually hispanized. The fact you still have natives in Peru and Bolivia speaking quechua and aymara is the result of Spain's protection of the natives with laws such as the laws of Burgos and the Leyes Nuevas. Spanish administration was interested in spreading catholicism and receiving feudal tribute through mining silver and agriculture with the hacienda system; not in destroying the natives' culture or language. Honestly, if you compare it with North America you see who was the real brutal and genocidal colonial power: England.
@@Komnenit Ok, things are a little more nuanced. The Spanish did surpress the native religion, established a racially-based hierachy and enslaved Indians to work in places like Potosi. But they didn't setout to destroy Quechua and Aymara and tolerated some Inca culture and traditions. I don't mean to single out Spain, the English were just as brutal, if not more so. And the future US happily practiced genocide to obtain their 'manifest destiny'
if plague hadnt killed native people the resistance would have been successful
Good joke, quechua was taugh in universities and priedt had to learn by law the quechua if they wanted to convert natives into Catholic and not by force because that was banned, if Spanish were like black legend says then their rule here would have ended by eternal rebellions like in Holland
@@MrAlexkyra the casts system did not exist. The mita system was something imposed by Inca nobility that became Spanish nobility, if you suppress mita then you had a big.rebellion in all Peru. And then mita would have continue even if they got independence from Spain in those years.
Quechua dictionary was made frost than the french or English one. Stop saying or using the black legend
Great video I enjoyed it very much. I very much appreciated the actual quotes made by real people at the time, Please keep those quotes and other such details coming, they really bring the stories in your videos to life. They remind us that real people actually lived out the tales you tell.
The inclusion of such details implies that you actually try to faithfully piece together the real stories yourselves by sifting through actual historical accounts for us and not just belching out what someone may have read on the side of a cornflake packet the morning before like some channels clearly seem to.
The actual work of true enthusiastic historians is appreciated, you might like to tell us some of the behind the scenes details of your videos in a special video one day ;) .
Final note: The unbelievable but true story of Pizarro flabberghasted me from the first time I read about him years ago. So a special thumbs up for the recounts of his tales from me.
Thank you for the suggestions, we will keep them in mind. :-)
Yeah, but we don't know how reliable many of those quotes are, like for example, in the previous video, they cite the supposed words of the priest after Atahualpa threw the bible to the ground, the thing is, that's only from ONE account, each account differs on what the priest said, none can agree, one of them says the priest ran back out of fear while crying for help.
Truth is that we don't actually know what the fuck happened in the conquest of the Inca Empire, no account tell us the same. We can, however, tell the broad events, which is what most of the Inca historians do.
you see, unlike Hernan Cortez conquest of the Aztecs, we don't really have reliable first-hand accounts with the Inca, many things we know of the Inca and its conquest were recorded many many decades later after it happened, often from 2nd or 3rd hand sources, plus, basically all accounts are from people that weren't interested in writing the naked truth, most of the conquest accounts are "provasas", documents used to legitimate land ownership and rights among the conquerors and it's families often exalting and exaggerating the facts or made them up so the earnings given by Spanish authorities could be higher, others were written as knight-novels, also with profit in mind, so the authors didn't particularly worried about accuracy, the priest quote is one example, I mean, which one do you believe is more likely?
The Inca empire and it's conquest was a half-forgotten thing by the time people bother to write about it, and they were often biased in order to fulfill their agendas because of the very politically convulsed Andes of that era, that's why they differ some much from one to another.
for example, some accounts talk favorably in regards to Pizarro while others to Almagro because of their particular affiliations, similarly, mestizo chroniclers often attribute the same feats to different Inca Emperors because of their affiliations with certain Inca clan families or "Panaka", some talk favorably of Atahualpa and ill of Huascar while others do the opposite because of their family grudges since Inca civil war. And also unlike Mexico Aztecs, we don't have first-hand accounts of the native side of the conquest to compare, we have one sole native account, the one of the Vilcabamba Emperor Titu Cusi but all Inca historians know that isn't reliable at all since it was written to be told as an Incan tale full of Andean metaphors more than an accurate chronicle. and Titu Cusi was born much later after the initial conquest, he also had an agenda, mostly biased against Atahualpa in this case, I mean he told us that his farther Manco Inca was the rightful heir, thing we know is not true, and the account was recorded by a priest who edited it, so they probably aren't his exact words.
People that recorded much of what we know of the Inca weren't you typical historians but people with several political affiliations who wrote in order to fulfill their multiple agendas, to gain lands, money, and prestige more than to preserve history for the prosperity.
I mean, the reason why this channel and history books tell you that they were about 3,000 Incas in the Cajamarca plaza isn't because Spanish chroniclers, but because archaeological work done on the same Inca plaza buried underneath Cajamarca which couldn't physically sustain more people, if no archaeological work was done there, it would be 40,000 instead, like 20th century historians accepted.
I also partially blame this fact to the very politically unstable Andes of that era, with multiple sides for one thing or another, assassinations, civil wars between europeans, and also between natives, the collapse of the empire left multiple power vacuums for several years and the power-hungry people saw the opportunity.
There were many people who switched factions several times, natives and europeans alike, Spanish soldiers who sided with the Incas against their fellow Spaniards like in the siege of Cuzco, Cusquenian Inca citizens who sided with the Spaniards in the siege of Cuzco, Caciques who sided with the Spaniards firstly because of their political affiliations with Huascar and later because of political-power aspirations, Spaniards newly arrived from Guatemala who saw an opportunity to sack the north of the empire, remnants of the Atahualpa army in the northern empire enemies of the southern Incas but also of the Spaniards, Yanakuna servants rebelling, black slaves rebelling, soldiers of Paullu Inca the new puppet emperor elected after Manco left battling against Manco's troops, Spaniards of Pizarro/Almagro factions waging a war for the city of Cuzco with both sides supported by different Inca families and others, Vilcabamba Emperor Sayri Tupac signing peace with the Spaniards, Emperor Tupac Amaru throwing the peace treaty out of the window, people who sided with Pizarro, with Almagro, with Vilcabamba, with Cuzco, the huancas, huayllas, chachapoyas, etc.
There was so much happening.
In the end, colonial administrators send by the King himself arrived in Peru in order to stop all the chaos that was happening, the first viceroy dispatched was beheaded, the second one beheaded Gonzalo, the leader of a conquistadors' revolt who were waging a war against the new colonial government, many of those rebels desired to proclaim independence marrying their leader Gonzalo with an Inca Princess to create a weird Spanish-Inca kingdom of Peru, “this land belongs to the ones that conquered it” they said. Later the newly Spanish administrators destroyed the remnants of the Inca empire in Vilcabamba.
With that relative peace was finally achieved, but most of the people who had a first-hand experience of what really happened died, such as Almagro or Pizarro.
Great series! Keep it up!
We will, thank you! :-)
amazing quality, amazing series. keep up the good work!
Thank you very much, planning to. :-)
Nice video, again, boiis
All the boiii jokes. :-)
Haha yeah
Stanisław Augustus II could you come back and make Polish-Lithunian commanwealth again?
Umar Ansari I kinda ruined it in the first place, but that sounds like a great idea. 😉😂
Stanisław Augustus II i know
You should payoff what you have done bad by doing good
Btw are you in hell or heaven?
You ruined your kingdom
Great Video really enjoyed the series on the Incan empire and all your other videos to. Please keep up the good work great channel. I really appreciated and can see the amount of effort and commitment out into making these videos as good as they are
We appreciate you watching and commenting, and, hopefully, sharing. :-)
+Kings and Generals I let my friends who are interested in history know about your channel and will let as many people as i can know about your work. You truly do an amazing job with your work. Especially the Incan and Aztec series are some of your best work. Goodluck with the rest of your videos can't wait to see them and share them with friends.
Thanks! :-)
Amazing video, looking forward to the mayan series. After that, Portuguese colonization of Brazil would be cool to learn about, or the french, British or US colonization of North America.
Thanks! We'll see. :-)
Samuel Jacek Indeed!
Or the wars in america during the early colonization, between the europeans with help of the natives .
The spanish were the main colonizers of north america too btw
@@maximipe yeah but Mexicans fucked it up.
Fantastic 4 part video on the Inca Empire! Learnt a lot. Thank you:)
Amazing trilogy! A clear example of how the wheel keeps on turning and how empires rise and fall into oblivion. It happened to the Incas and it happened to the Spanish. Please, make something similar for the other native tribes in the Americas.
Thanks, thinking about it!
I've been a fan of this channel for almost a year now, please make a documentary series about the Roman - Samnite War
Thank you very much! We'll look into that. :-)
What do you call a Spanish person who lost his car...CARLOS
Decius Julius you and Evren can’t take banter
I feel like this only works if you pronounce Carlos like a British person and not an American. Lmao.
But still I'm more sad to see how easily people get triggered by something so simple.
This isn't funny, just sad.
Whose culture contributed nothing to the modern or ancient world, that is right Arabs. If they disappeared off face of the world it would not be a LOS hahahah
Movie Jose Arabs taught you everything good in your life. You wouldn’t be here watching and typing comments on here if it weren’t for the Muslim Arabs, yes they invented algebra. They were doing mathematics, eye surgery, running universities while you sat in caves painting your face blue... facts
Fantastic. Great video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Nice videos ! As a peruvian I really appreciate them. Please do videos about the independance war. It was quite amusing. Specially the last two battles at Junin and Ayacucho.
Thank you for watching!
Amazing video, and you were an editor for a news site? Damn, explains the quality content we get!
Thanks! :-) Hopefully, I have become better since. :p
“Some Spaniards claim to have seen the Virgin Mary herself descend from heaven and put out the flames. The Inca chroniclers report that it wasn’t the African slaves that the spanish had stationed in the roof who put it out under a barrage of arrows and rocks.”
Lol
was*
This has the same energy as the Catholic being saves by God after getting thrown out a window, while the protesters said they fall in a pile of shit.
thx, for the work!
Thank you!
Glad to see you delving into Native American history. This was a great series, looking forward to the Maya.
Thank you very much! We have many plans within this format. :-)
Thanks for your work.
Amazing video! Amazing how long they held out against the Spanish
Thank you! There was always some form of resistance in South America, and then it became a factor in the Wars of Independence.
Kings and Generals Interesting stuff. In my opinion, the how the conquest of the Americas went down is one of the greatest tragedies in human history. So many lives lost and fascinating civilizations destroyed. Really enjoyed this series with you and cogito.
Thanks! Hopefully, you will also enjoy the series on the Maya. :-)
Kings and Generals Deffo will
Like it was the first time a superior civilization overwhelmed a more privitive one... have you heard about the Romans? at least the spaniard merged both cultures and american people had as many rights as a peasant in deep Castilla, british were way less respectful with natives in the north.
It was a pleasure. Literally knew nothing of these episode in southern hemisphere
Thank you for watching! :-)
Grate episode
Thank you!
Well done and informative...
Manco's demise is sad History of the defeat of not only Manco but the Inca peoples. You have Devin narrating and that only makes the video more real and smooth listening. Thx guys, keep up the good work cause I wanna keep watching. 👀
Will do our best, thanks for being with us. :-)
It was the demise of the Inca control of the Empire not of the Inca people per se, many Inca noblesse survived, heck there are still some surviving Inca royal lineages families or Panakas left around Cuzco, you see, Manco's Vilcabamba Kingdom were Inca "rebel" side, many other ethnic Incas stayed in Cuzco's city cohabitating with the Spaniards. And it wasn't until the 18th century that the Spaniards banned many Inca customs and culture, all because of a rebellion, they banned things such as wearing distinctive Inca tunics or speaking Quechua, but the ban wasn't enforced and remained largely ineffective, as for example Quechua was still spoken by more than half of the Peruvian population until the 40s, and is still spoken by millions of people to this day.
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I am sure it was a sad demise for the peoples that the Incas defeated also otherwise the Pizzaro would not of had thousands of natives to fight for him.
Movie Jose Great Point and something the gets forgotten in lecture and education. My statement was more directed at Manco and his failure. I just felt bad for the guy.
Jesus. I was just thinking about how sad your intro sound is when “The body of the god king lay half burned in a hastily dug ditch”
Yep, Cogito weaved a great story.
Absolutely loved this
Thanks! Check out our new series on the Maya history.
Juan is pronounced "Who-an"
Other than that, amazing video
Thank you!
Very well done. Quite enjoyable and informative.
Thanks for watching :)
I've always been interested in the Aztec, Inca and Maya civilizations and i really love those series on them. You're really doing a great job, i don't have any means to donate but if one day i have, i promise you'll get a donation. Anyway, now that i have finished my exams i will try to contribute by doing the subtitles in french. Thanks for all and keep going your videos i love it. :)
Hey, Hurricane, thank you very much! We appreciate the thought of donating and will happily approve the subtitles. :-)
Great Video! thank you!
No free lunches from Spanish conquistadores.
The inka Atahulapa didn't have intentions to let survive the spanish except for horse's trainer.
I wonder what would be my life if there was no Kings and Generals channel. Keep it up guys ! Please do one on Abbasid Rebellion against Ummayyads !
Thanks, we will :-)
Myself being a Pizarro is interesting, sad and a bit shameful to learn what the Pizarros conquistadors family did to the incan empire. Still an interesting chapter of mesoamerican history thank you for sharing it
I'm from Peru, and I learned and enjoyed more from this video than from any of my history classes in school.
Well that's a very interesting (and complicated) question. I believe that any conquest by force is wrong. The arrival of the conquerors interrupted the natural development of the Inca culture, of course in a long term it provide this land with new technology and advances, but at the cost of almost all the customs, the economy, the worldview and many other aspects of this culture. So, to answer your question, I believe that we surrendered to the reality and assimilate the other culture, but not really, because of the contrast between both is tangible to this day.
Thank You Guys for covering this. I am from another side of the world and I have no idea about past history of south America. The way Spanish conquer Inca land and kill the native people is just brutal. I feel very sad in the end. It's a very sad how a Great Empire and culture destroy. Thank you Guys again
Thanks for watching!
you should look at british history people blame the spanish for being evil the spanish only killed at war they didnot kill because they felt like it if they did they would be sent to jail im not justifying spains acts but really man the british did worse massacres than the spanish
I'm glad Spanish at the end so Peru was born as viceroyalty and was a step into the future becoming a powerful entity in the south with better quality of life than any European kingdom
Fantastic video, wow
Thank you!
Clubbed to death, eh? Did they spike their drinks at the club and forced them to dance till the morning?
I knew that someone will pick that up. :-)
Nah bra, Tupac is chilling with Biggie Smalls.
Very cool video, nice.
Thank you very much!
The Great Inca Rebellion entirely missed the important role played by Quispe Sisa, the half-sister of emperor Atawalpa and concubine of Francisco Pizarro.
When emperor Manco Capac revolted, he sent an Inca army to storm the city of Lima. It nearly crushed the Spanish, who were forced to barricade themselves in a few large city buildings.
Who saved Pizarro and his men? It was Quispe Sisa.
She called upon her mother, queen Contarhuacho of the kingdom of Huayas, a people who lived North of Lima, conquered by the Incas two generations earlier, to send reinforcements to ultimately break the siege of Lima.
Exactly! Thank you friend.
But why would she go against her own people and her brother, to help a man to whom she was simply a concubine.
This channel has reached the moment where it´s obligatory to watch every video while eating,thank you.
Thanks! :-) popcorn?
Manco Inca's full speech
"I have sent to call in the presence of our relatives and servants to tell you what I feel about what those foreigners want from us so that in time, and before they get together any more, we can give order to what is generally convenient for everyone. Remember that the past Incas, my parents, who rest in the sky with the sun, sent from Quito to Chile doing such works to those they received as vassals that it seemed they were children coming from their womb: they did not steal, nor did they kill, but when it was convenient to justice, they had in the provinces the order and reason that you know. The rich did not take pride, the poor did not feel need, they enjoyed tranquility and perpetual peace: our sins did not deserve such gentlemen, rather they were an opportunity for them to enter our land these bearded ones, since theirs is so far from it, they preach one and do another, all the admonishments they give us they do it backwards. They have no fear of God or shame, treat us Like dogs, they do not call us by other names: their greed has been so great that they have not left a temple or a palace that they have not stolen, but they will not save them even if all the snows turn to gold and silver. My father's daughters, with other ladies, your sisters and relatives, have them as mistresses; and do this bestially. They want to distribute, as they have begun, all the provinces, giving each of them one, so that as a lord he can steal it. They tried to have us so subjugated and overwhelmed that we have no more care than to look for metals, provide them with our women and cattle. Without this, the anacondas [perpetual servant or captive] and many mitimaes [resettlers] have joined themselves: these traitors before did not wear fine clothes or put on rich llauto, as they joined with them, they treat each other as Incas; I don't even need to take off my tassel anymore, they don't honor me when they see me, they talk loosely, because they learn from the thieves with whom they hang out. The justice and reason they have had to do these things and what these Christians will do: look at it! I ask you: where did we meet them, what do we owe them, or which of them do we insult so that with these horses and iron weapons they have waged so much war against us. Atabalipa killed without reason, they did the same to his captain general Chalacuchima; Ruminabi, Zopezopagua, they have also died in Quito in fire because the souls burn with the bodies and cannot go to enjoy heaven: it seems to me that it will not be a fair and honest thing that we consent to such, but that we try with all determination to die without none remain, or kill these cruel enemies of ours. Of those who went with the other tyrant of Almagro, pay no attention, because Paullo and Villahoma are in charge of lifting the land to kill them." (CRÓNICA DEL PERÚ Tercera Parte Cieza de León,
Always fantastic too see that notification
Working on the next video already - will be up on Sunday. :-)
man you should do a videos about the chilean conquest... aztects lasted a couple of years... incas a bit more but aracuanos almost 236 years
Will consider!
"Chilean"... It was the Conquest of Wallmapu.
No
One thing with empires and nations that wild tribes. Empires fall fast. the tribes simply disperse.
I personally prefer the Yaqui Wars that lasted from 1533 to 1929
Hey I really like your videos, they are colorful, entertaining and show the history of the Maya and Inca world on a world scale. I really liked the video on the war between Calakmul and Tikal, that could be a great TV series on HBO. I liked this video too, however once I got to the defeat of the Inca army in Lima I was a bit confused, since it seemed that the Spanish single handily defeated the Inca army. However, you might not have known about the new evidence that has emerged of the Indigenous allies of Pizarro's wife named Quisquepisa who came to rescue the city from the Inca. The Spanish Chronicles always downplay or completely ignore the vital role of Indian Allies in the Conquest of the the Americas, it happened in Mexico too, Cortez would have been whipped if it wasn't for his Tlaxcaltec and indigenous allies who not only fought along side with the Spanish but also provided food and porters. I don't want to sound too critical or picky, I just wanted to make sure the role of Indigenous peoples, their agency and their real history isn't ignored. The NOVA documentary "The Great Inca Rebellion" really taps into this subject, I'll add the link. If you wan to just see the part were they mention what I just said watch at 30:40, where historians talk about documents that record all this. Keep making more videos, I really enjoy them! Thanks for your time.
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What I find interesting... The Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula lasted for over 500 years until the last Moor was driven off Europe. Only 30 years later; Spain seizes middle-Ameirca and conquers the new World. The Indigenes had no chance, they only "Played" war while the Conquestadore grew up during total War.
Exactly, that fact amazes me, how did the spanish recover and organize so fast?
The Last 50 years of the reconquista hardly count as a real war. The Moors in Granada basically just existed in a long siege, this allowed Castile to consolidate it's power, and when the crowns of Aragon and Castile were joined, that brought in parts of Italy as a source of power as well.
After Granada fell, the Spanish had a surplus of trained soldiers that now had no war to fight, so sending them overseas to the Americas was just common sense. They couldn't fight the power of the Ottomans until Lepanto, but even after that, the Mediterranean was effectively closed. So America is where they would go. And it's not like they needed a lot. Plenty of natives, in the thousands, allied with them, and their weapons plus their disease ensured that only the minimum of Spaniards need to ever participate.
There wasn't really a "recovery" from the reconquista because essentially since the 1300s, the Moors weren't as much of a challenge as much of a very large hill. Plus Portugal and Aragon helped plenty.
On top of all that, the eventual emergence of the Hapsburgs ensured that the Spanish had plenty of men to draw from in different theaters.
Syed Ahmed This isn't really accurate. They didn't have much conflict with the Ottomans at all until the late 1500s, but it is fair to say they simply didn't want to fight them either because they were incredibly strong and honestly, what would they gain? Keep in mind, the allied fleet did wreck the Ottomans at Lepanto. Though it didn't matter as far as opening the Mediterranean, it did keep Turkey in the sea and kept them from expanding more by using naval supremacy. Although, it hardly counts as a Spanish fleet. Lol.
Castile had no reason to bother with the Ottomans. And the Ottomans had no reason to bother with them. To say that either whipped the other simply is wrong because they really never met in a large scale war.
Syed Ahmed Also, no one in the world, not even Portugal has ever claimed Portugal is a major military power. They only wanted to trade, and established colonies mostly for that reason, except in Brazil, and that had to do with paying captains, not really conquest on the part of Portugal itself. So saying that the Portuguese were afraid of fighting much larger powers, while correct, completely undercuts what the Portuguese wanted to do. They wanted to be free, and they wanted wealth. Fighting Spain or the Ottomans was not their goal in anything after the reconquista. So your statement makes little sense. If your point is to say that major Christian powers were terrified of Islam, I'd just point out that those same powers are pretty much responsible for destroying one of the greatest civilisations to ever exist in Moorish Spain. And I'll point out that some rather small kingdoms stalled and defeated the Ottomans plenty of times in their history, including other Islamic nations. It's irresponsible to try and take sides when the point your making doesn't line up with the aims of the civilizations at those times. Yes, Turkey prevented access to India through the Mediterranean. Yes, it caused Iberia to look westward instead. But no that doesn't mean that Castile was incapable of fighting them. Nor does it say that they were capable. They simply didn't really try and neither did the Ottomans.
Syed Ahmed none of those battles are all that large scale. And even though Lepanto is the largest scale, and most people don't even consider that all that huge of a battle.
Nothing in the Mediterranean was decisive. Turkey was checked going westward. Europe could not go Eastward. That's all that you can conclude. Not that one civilization was afraid of the other.
Another lovely video! Man, i am really loving this new world history. Now that we have the basic grounds for South America, do you ever plan to cover the Arauco War?
Yes, we are considering it. :-)