Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Fall of the Incas:
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuHzF3vbHE9MXTPlgmc9XxQf&si=5US2P5K2ReR9ibf7
Follow the complete story of the rise, conflict, and collapse of the Inca Empire through the full episode series below:
Episode 1: youtu.be/soJt4dzOeD0
Episode 2 :youtu.be/ajLfreJos20
Episode 3 :youtu.be/v7oBKxeBb8Y
Episode 4 :youtu.be/bpcHrsJqIxA
Episode 5: youtu.be/9uUkzyC1oww
Episode 6 :youtu.be/esgjrcwWg2Y
How did the Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro take advantage of the Incan civil War? Were they able to discover the glorious city of Cusco, with all of its riches? And, what terrible brutalities did they commit along the way…?
Join Dominic and Tom, as they discuss the next dramatic phase of the Spaniards conquest of the Incas, as the violence escalates and the city of gold prepares to fall…
This episode is sponsored by Anthropic, the team behind Claude. Try Claude for free today at Claude.ai/restishistory.
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Head of Digital & Social: Sam Oakley
0:00 The greatest gold heist ever & the riches of Cusco
1:11 After Atahualpa: the Spaniards choose sides and install a puppet Inca
5:28 Spain hears the rumours: Peru becomes the new gold magnet
7:00 Could the Incas have survived? Terrain, weapons, and disease
8:43 The brutal march to Cusco (1533)
12:47 The puppet emperor dies: a leadership vacuum opens
16:02 Manco Inca arrives and the Spaniards tighten control
19:37 Entering Cusco: the city, its palaces, and the Inca mummies
25:10 The Temple of the Sun: gold, relics, and the “missing” sun image
28:28 Manco crowned: coronation, the Spanish “Requirement,” and public rituals
32:19 The royal hunt: mass slaughter as a show of power
34:14 anthropic
35:22 Back in Cusco (1534): melting down the treasure and “gold lust”
38:46 Strategy: securing the empire’s north (Ecuador)
40:54 Rumiñawi’s takeover and the human drum story
43:23 Pedro de Alvarado arrives: rival Spaniards race for Quito
48:29 The huge battle near Chimborazo/Teocajas and the capture of Quito
50:41 Quito destroyed; atrocities and the hunt for the missing treasure
52:15 Alvarado’s disaster march and humiliating exit
55:11 Kiskis’s end; Rumiñawi captured and executed
58:24 Back in Cusco: Spanish rule hardens, land grabs, and encomiendas
The Fall of the Incas:
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuHzF3vbHE9MXTPlgmc9XxQf&si=5US2P5K2ReR9ibf7
Follow the complete story of the rise, conflict, and collapse of the Inca Empire through the full episode series below:
Episode 1: youtu.be/soJt4dzOeD0
Episode 2 :youtu.be/ajLfreJos20
Episode 3 :youtu.be/v7oBKxeBb8Y
Episode 4 :youtu.be/bpcHrsJqIxA
Episode 5: youtu.be/9uUkzyC1oww
Episode 6 :youtu.be/esgjrcwWg2Y
How did the Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro take advantage of the Incan civil War? Were they able to discover the glorious city of Cusco, with all of its riches? And, what terrible brutalities did they commit along the way…?
Join Dominic and Tom, as they discuss the next dramatic phase of the Spaniards conquest of the Incas, as the violence escalates and the city of gold prepares to fall…
This episode is sponsored by Anthropic, the team behind Claude. Try Claude for free today at Claude.ai/restishistory.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Social channels:
instagram.com/theresthistory
tiktok.com/@theresthistory
https://x.com/TheRestHistory
https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social
threads.com/@theresthistory
Video Editor: Jack Meek & Harry Swan
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Aaliyah Akude & Tabby Syrett
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Head of Digital & Social: Sam Oakley
0:00 The greatest gold heist ever & the riches of Cusco
1:11 After Atahualpa: the Spaniards choose sides and install a puppet Inca
5:28 Spain hears the rumours: Peru becomes the new gold magnet
7:00 Could the Incas have survived? Terrain, weapons, and disease
8:43 The brutal march to Cusco (1533)
12:47 The puppet emperor dies: a leadership vacuum opens
16:02 Manco Inca arrives and the Spaniards tighten control
19:37 Entering Cusco: the city, its palaces, and the Inca mummies
25:10 The Temple of the Sun: gold, relics, and the “missing” sun image
28:28 Manco crowned: coronation, the Spanish “Requirement,” and public rituals
32:19 The royal hunt: mass slaughter as a show of power
34:14 anthropic
35:22 Back in Cusco (1534): melting down the treasure and “gold lust”
38:46 Strategy: securing the empire’s north (Ecuador)
40:54 Rumiñawi’s takeover and the human drum story
43:23 Pedro de Alvarado arrives: rival Spaniards race for Quito
48:29 The huge battle near Chimborazo/Teocajas and the capture of Quito
50:41 Quito destroyed; atrocities and the hunt for the missing treasure
52:15 Alvarado’s disaster march and humiliating exit
55:11 Kiskis’s end; Rumiñawi captured and executed
58:24 Back in Cusco: Spanish rule hardens, land grabs, and encomiendas
