I just read this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cajamarca
replyIt seems like the Incans were overconfident and didn't expect a surprise attack (didn't have their weapons, only a small retinue around the rule in ceremonial garb instead of armor), and then the 8000 warriors were outside and didn't even attempt to fight the Spaniards because they were so demoralized.
Well, yeah, and if you keep reading about it, the whole rest of the campaign has the same tenure.
replySpain conquered and held the whole Incan empire with 168 men, also fomenting smaller factions and internal feuds etc.
The scale of this is absolutely insane.
> the Incan didn't fight at night!
replyTo be fair to the Inca, I didn't expect the night–vision–equipped Spanish Inquisition, either.
You're missing a zero. It was EIGHTY thousand, not 8000.
replyI thought so too, but wikipedia says 8k
replyAh weird - the text of the page says Atahualpa had 80k troops, but then the infobox describes the Inca forces as 3-8k in size. I guess not all the 80k were involved in the battle
replyAround the same time, 460 men in 6 ships destroyed 30000 men in 400 ships taking over Ormuz. Portugal and Spain were just incredibly OP during that time period. And the people in Ormuz were more advanced than the natives in US. And they still got absolutely destroyed.
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