In 1532, accompanied by his brothers, and 168 Spanish soldiers, Francisco Pizarro overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru, which ended the reign of the Inca Empire. Three years later, he founded the new capital city of Lima, which still exists today.
The Inca were led by Atahualpa who ruled over the Inca people as an emperor. When Pizarro and his 168 men first encountered the Inca, Atahualpa sent an Inca warrior to meet the conquistadors and to act as an interpreter. ... As a result, the Spanish agree to meet with Atahualpa the next day at the city of Cajamarca.
