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Around this time, people in the region began farming. They grew potatoes, corn, cotton, and other crops. They also started forming villages.
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The sons of Emperor Huayna, Atahualpa, and Huascar fight over the crown. The Inca Empire fights a civil war for the next five years.
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The Spanish execute Atahualpa and install Manco Inca as Emperor.
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Francisco Pizarro was killed. Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro helped a guy named Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean.
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The Spanish execute the last of the Inca emperors, Tupac Amaru, signaling the end of the Inca Empire.
