The conquest of much of the New World by Spanish conquistadors during those few years was surely one of history's turning points. Indeed, as Karl Marx and Adam Smith claimed, perhaps it was the ...

FX Developing ‘Conquistadors’ Limited Series. Based on the book "Last Day of the Incas," this marks the latest addition to the network's rapidly growing event series coffers.

Machu Picchu is sometimes incorrectly called "the lost city of the Incas." But archaeological evidence indicates that no more ...

When the Spanish conquered South America in the 16th century they took over the Incas’ mines and soon began to pump clouds of lead dust over the Andes. The silver the conquistadors sent back ...

Dark truths of the Conquistadors unearthed in lavish Abacus-sold series ‘Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall.’ Pre-Sales on ‘Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall’ ...

Food was power for the Incas. Their prestige rested on their ability to make Peru’s unforgiving terrain — blasted deserts, barren slopes prone to punishing frosts — feed up to 14mn subjects.

Chorizo arrived in Mexico with the Spanish conquistadors (and their pigs). In the 16th century, Hernán Cortés introduced pig farming in the Valley of Toluca; the animals, ...