# Francisco Pizarro — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/francisco-pizarro-whe-definition-discussion/3252 "2022-06-24T16:00:02Z")\
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Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) was a conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca civilization from 1532. With only a small group of men, Pizarro took advantage of his superior weapons and the fact that the Incas were weakened by civil war and the arrival of European diseases to take over the largest empire in the world.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Francisco\_Pizarro/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Francisco_Pizarro/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/francisco-pizarro-whe-definition-discussion/3252/2 "2026-07-28T22:10:23Z")

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