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'''Francisco Pizarro''' (1471-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of [[Peru]], betraying and eventually killing their emperor, [[Atahualpa]].  The ancient Peru city of Cuzco was completely destroyed and replaced with the city of [[Lima]].  While in Peru, Pizzaro also discovered the greatest silver mine in the Americas, the vast majority of which was traded with [[China]], whose economy was based on silver.  Like Cortes' conquests, Pizzaro's conquests were facilitated by the use of [[horse]]s, superior weapons, and devastating European diseases like [[smallpox]].  The native population had no immunity to such disease, and simply giving them a bunch of blankets exposed to the deadly germ could end up killing many natives.

'''Francisco Pizarro''' (1471-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of [[Peru]], betraying and eventually killing their emperor, [[Atahualpa]].  The ancient Peru city of Cuzco was completely destroyed and replaced with the city of [[Lima]].  While in Peru, Pizzaro also discovered the greatest silver mine in the Americas, the vast majority of which was traded with [[China]], whose economy was based on silver.  Like Cortes' conquests, Pizzaro's conquests were facilitated by the use of [[horse]]s, superior weapons, and devastating European diseases like [[smallpox]].  The native population had no immunity to such disease, and simply giving them a bunch of blankets exposed to the deadly germ could end up killing many natives.

[[Category:Explorers|Pizarro, Francisco]]

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