AH Challenge: Christian Inca Empire

Your challenge is to plausibly make the Inca Empire not only survive the Spanish invasion as an independent state but to convert to Christianity as well. The POD and other details are up to you.

The conversion must be complete by 1800. There previous religions may survive, but in a minor form and are not able to compete with the Christian majority.
 
I'm actually considering doing something sort of like this.
I think the way to go is with crusader knights.
Needs a earlier POD than their actual discovery though.
 
The easiest way is to have Spain not conquer the Incas and have them be left alone by the military might of the world powers as missionaries and traders arrive.
 
IIRC, Max did this in his Chaos TL. The Inca managed to play off various competing colonial powers and maintain independence (wars broke out in Europe which distracted them). I don't remember if the Inca converted though. Perhaps a POD like this, coupled with conversion?
 

Valdemar II

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The best way is to make the first conquest of Mexico a failure, while the Mexican states can't survive against the Spanish in the long run, it will keep the Spanish busy there for at least generation more, and will like keep adventures from being inspired of this conquest. Maybe this will make Spanish make peaceful contact with the Inka at first through a few merchant, afterward a few missionaries will visit, and I see mass conversion as quite likely, most Pagan societies without prior contact with Abrahamic religions had mass converted shortly after first contact. The interesting part is that a Christian Inca empire will get full or limited access to European know-how, while the European will get access to the potato.
 
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