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Ecuador

1 civilisation, 1 war

Civilisations whose heartland lies in today's Ecuador, and wars fought on its land or by its peoples.

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Civilisations

Valdivia culture

Wars

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
2000 BCE1 CE

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  2. War

    Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
    Pizarro's expedition and its Indigenous allies

    Pizarro's expedition, for the Crown of Castile, Huáscar's faction of the Inca nobility, Cañari, Huanca, Chanka, Huaylas, and Chachapoyas

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    The Inca Empire and, from 1537, the Inca state of Vilcabamba

    Inca Empire and Neo-Inca State of Vilcabamba

    Spanish forces took Vilcabamba, the last Inca stronghold, in 1572; the former Inca lands became part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.