What is Atahualpa?
[[File:Ataw Wallpa portrait.jpg|thumb|Lifetime portrait of Atahuallpa, the 13th and last sovereign [[Inca]] emperor]] '''Atahuallpa''' or '''Atawallpa''' (c. 1502 – 1533) was the 13th and last sovereign [[emperor]] of the [[Inca Empire|Tahuantinsuyo]], or [[Inca]] empire. He became emperor after defeating his younger half-brother [[Huáscar]] in a [[civil war]] that followed the death of their father, Inca [[Huayna Capac]], from an [[infection|infectious]] [[disease]] (maybe [[malaria]] or [[smallpox]]). During the civil war, the Spaniard [[Francisco Pizarro]] arrived and captured Atahuallpa, and used him to control the Inca empire. Eventually, the Spanish executed Atahuallpa. So ended the Inca Empire (although several weak [[Puppet government|puppet successors]] followed him.) == Civil war == On the death of their father, the Emperor [[Huayna Capac]], and their older brother, [[Ninan Cuyochi]], who had been the heir, the empire was divided between the two surviving brothers, Huáscar and Atahualpa. Huascar got the major part of it with the capital [[Cusco]], and Atahualpa the northern parts, including [[Quito]] (now the capital of [[Ecuador]]). For a couple of years, the two brothers reigned without problems. But Huascar demanded that Atahuallpa swear an oath to him. Atahuallpa refused, and the civil war began. [[File:Inca-Spanish confrontation.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Emperor Atahuallpa during the [[Battle of Cajamarca]]]] The final battle took place at [[Battle of Quipaypay fields|Quipaipan]], where Huascar was captured. Atahuallpa was resting in the city of [[Cajamarca]] in the Andes with his army of 80,000 troops on his way to the south and [[Cusco]] to claim his [[throne]]. By this time the Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Francisco Pizarro]] had established the city of [[Piura]], the first Spanish settlement in [[Peru]] on July 1532. After two months on the march, Pizarro had arrived at Cajamarca with just 168 men under his command and sent [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]], [[friar]] [[Vicente de Va