| | '''Francisco Pizarro''' (1471-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of [[Peru]], betraying and eventually killing their emperor, [[Atahualpa]]. While in Peru, Pizarro 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, Pizarro's conquests were facilitated by the use of [[horse]]s, superior weapons, internal struggles, and devastating European diseases like [[smallpox]], against which the Incans had no immunity. | | '''Francisco Pizarro''' (1471-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of [[Peru]], betraying and eventually killing their emperor, [[Atahualpa]]. While in Peru, Pizarro 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, Pizarro's conquests were facilitated by the use of [[horse]]s, superior weapons, internal struggles, and devastating European diseases like [[smallpox]], against which the Incans had no immunity. |
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