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ˌɑ təˈwɑl pəatahual·pa

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1. Atahualpa

   Atahualpa (), also Atawallpa (Quechua), Atabalica, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa (c. 1502 – 26–29 July 1533), was the last Inca Emperor, although he did not manage to be officially crowned as such. His father, Huayna Cápac, died around 1525; and his successor, Ninan Cuyuchi, died the same day (by smallpox, a European epidemic disease). This gave rise to the bloody Inca Civil War for the succession between Atahualpa and his brother Huáscar. Atahualpa was then in Quito, in command of the Inca army of the North and in charge of the government of that region, which was subjugated to the Inca Empire. Huáscar was crowned Inca in Cuzco. After a long campaign, Atahualpa managed to defeat Huáscar in 1532 near Cuzco. According to the chroniclers during the civil war there were fifteen battles. During the Inca Civil War, Atahualpa's forces continued to win victories thanks to the strategic skill of Quizquiz and Chalcuchímac. Atahualpa began a slow advance towards Cusco, and being in Marcahuamachuco, he sent an emissary to consult the oracle of the huaca (deity) Catequil, who predicted that he would have a bad end. Furious at the prophecy, he went to the sanctuary, killed the priest, and ordered the destruction of the temple. He then received the first news of the presence in the empire of Pizarro's expedition. During the ending of the Inca Civil War between two brothers for the throne of the Inca empire, faced with Atahualpa's advance, Huáscar left Cusco to personally lead his troops. It had the allied forces of Contisuyo and Collasuyo. The last battles of the war were archived in the surroundings of Huanacopampa or Cotabamba, near Cusco. Huáscar was defeated, captured, and cruelly treated. The troops of Quizquiz and Chalcuchímac took Cusco. Members of Huáscar's family and other Cusco panacas were tortured and executed. The quipucamayoc of Cusco were killed and the quipus were burned by Atahualpa's men to erase Huáscar's life from memory and rewrite history. At the Spanish battle for the capture of Cajamarca (with numerical superiority of Atahualpa's troops), The friar Vicente de Valverde, accompanied by the soldier Hernando de Aldana and an interpreter, addressed Atahualpa. Valverde, with an open breviary in his hand, began a Requirement ceremony, asking the Inca to accept Christianity as the true religion and submit to the authority of King Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Pope Clement VII. Atahualpa asked the friar to hand over the breviary, he examined it and threw it to the ground, showing contempt. He then told Valverde that the Spanish should pay for everything they had stolen from his empire. The frightened friar ran away, followed by Aldana and the interpreter, while shouting to Pizarro: "What are you doing, Atahualpa is turning into a Lucifer!". that's how the battle started. Atahualpa was in Cajamarca (Aguas Termales) on his way to Cuzco to be crowned as the new emperor when he received an invitation from Francisco Pizarro to meet him in the Plaza de Armas in Cajamarca. Pizarro captured Atahualpa by means of a ruse, while Atahualpa's plan to capture the Spanish failed. Atahualpa offered to pay a huge ransom in exchange for his release, and Pizarro accepted his offer. Pizarro ordered his brother Huáscar to be brought, but fearful that Huáscar would unite with the Spanish, Atahualpa had executed him brother. After receiving the ransom, the Spanish accused Atahualpa of treason, conspiracy against the Spanish Crown, and the murder of Huáscar. They put him on trial, sentenced him to death, and was sentenced to be burned at the stake but, after his baptism, where he received the name of Francisco, his sentence was changed to be garroted. Atahualpa realized that precious metals were of great value to the Spaniards and offered them a large quantity of gold and silver in exchange for their freedom: he offered to fill the room where he was standing with pieces of gold, as far as his raised hand could reach; and twice the same room, with silver objects. The room, now known as the Cuarto del Rescate, was 22 feet long and 17 feet wide, according to chronicler Francisco de Jerez. Atahualpa promised to collect the ransom within two months. Pizarro accepted and put the promise in writing in an act before a notary public. Being a prisoner in a building in Cajamarca, Atahualpa was easygoing, cheerful and talkative with the Spaniards. His captors allowed him to have comforts and to be cared for by his servants and their women. They also allowed him to continue managing his empire. Many curacas went to the prison to have an audience with him. Atahualpa dined every night with Francisco Pizarro and conversed with him through an interpreter. He became friends with Hernando Pizarro. He showed to have intelligence; he asked questions that admired the Spaniards and spoke sharply. He learned a little Spanish. The chronicler Pedro Cieza de León affirms that he also learned to play chess, although Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala says that it was

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1. Atahualpa

   Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa, was the last Sapa Inca of the Tawantinsuyu before the Spanish conquest. Atahualpa became emperor when he defeated and executed his older half-brother Huáscar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease. During the Spanish conquest, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa and used him to control the Inca Empire. Eventually, the Spanish executed Atahualpa, effectively ending the empire.

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1. Atahualpa

   the last of the Incas of Peru, who fell into Pizarro's hands through perfidy, and was strangled by his orders in 1533, that is, little short of a year after the Spaniards landed in Peru.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Atahualpa in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of Atahualpa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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