biography
pronunciation:
[atawalpa]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–1533)
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| biography:
| Last Inca ruler of Peru. On the death of his father, he received the N half of the Inca empire, and in 1532 overthrew his brother, Huascar, who ruled the S half. A year later he was captured by invading Spaniards under Francisco Pizarro. Although his subjects paid a vast ransom to secure his release, Atahualpa was executed. |
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