What is Inca Civil War?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict='''Inca Civil War''' |image=Ataw Wallpa portrait.jpg |caption=Emperor Atahualpa, the victorious brother, however, his reign as emperor was short. |date=1529 to April 1532 |place=[[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]] |result=Northern victory<br>Reunion of the [[Inca Empire]] under the rule of Atahualpa |combatant1=[[Inca Empire]]<br>[[Tumebamba]]<br>[[Tumipampa]] |combatant2=[[Northern Inca Empire]] |commander1=[[Huascar]]{{POW}}<br>[[Atoc]]{{KIA}}<br>Hango{{KIA}}<br>[[Topa Atao]]{{POW}}<br>[[Ullco Colla]]{{KIA}}<br>Tito Atauchi<br>Uampa Yupanqui<br>Guanca Auqui<br>Agua Panti<br>Paca Yupanqui |commander2=[[Atahualpa]]<br>[[Chalkuchimac]]<br>[[Quisquis]]<br>[[Rumiñahui (Inca warrior)|Rumiñahui]]<br>[[Ucumari (Inca warrior)|Ucumari]]<br>Tomay Rima {{KIA}} |strength1=~400,000;<br>100,000 [[Cañaris]], 2 000 000 reservist |strength2=Initially 50,000-100,000<br>At peak some 250,000 |casualties1=At least 100,000 killed<br>[[Tumebamba]] destroyed |casualties2=Unknown }} The '''Inca Civil War''', the '''Inca Dynastic War''', or the '''Inca War of Succession''', was a [[civil war]] in the [[Inca Empire]]. It was fought between two brothers, [[Huáscar]] and [[Atahualpa]], sons of [[Huayna Cápac]], over who would be the next emperor.<ref>Hemming, ''The Conquest'', p. 29.</ref> The war came after Huayna Capac's death in 1527, and lasted from 1529 until 1532. When their father died, the empire was divided between the two brothers. Huáscar got most part of it, with the capital [[Cusco]]. Atahualpa got the northern parts, including [[Quito]]. Huáscar started the war because he saw himself as the [[legitimacy|rightful]] heir to the kingdom. Atahualpa proved to be a better [[war]] [[tactic]]ian than his brother, and commanded a much bigger army.<ref>MacQuarrie, ''The Last Days'', p. 50.</ref> The empire was reunited under Atahualpa in 1532, but he was [[Execution|executed]] by the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]] less than a year later. It was partly because of this civil war that the Spa