This episode was a lot of fun to research and dive into, my lack of knowledge of the Inca and the conquistadores as a whole made the dive in really interesting. By the 1530's the conquest of the so-called new world and the age of discovery were both well underway. The wave upon wave of Spanish and Portuguese adventurers that had been crossing the Atlantic in search of wealth and fame had for decades brought the Christian god and death to the people of Central and South America. From the islands of the Caribbean to the cenotes of the Yucatan, Spanish steel and smallpox had destroyed the unprotected populations of entire cities. In the region of South America of modern Peru, a desperate struggle was being fought out between two wildly different ways of life. With the rise of Fransisco Pizarro and his deadly brothers, the Inca found themselves fighting for their freedom and their very lives. Not a meek culture by any means the Inca went down with a roar striking out at their antagonizers, forcing the Spanish into survival mode. The final battle was fierce and would be fought high in the Andes mountains through the streets of the city of Cusco at the very feet of one of the magnificent forts of the Old or the New World. Fort Sacsayhuaman and the Inca way of war were all new to me and are fascinating! There is no ancient alien talk in this episode, but I'm always up for the conversation so if that's your jam shoot me a message. Enjoy!