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The defeat of the Incas was primarily based on luck/poor decision making in OTL. Pizarro invaded just after a massive plague (probably smallpox) and in the middle of a civil war. At multiple points the Inca could have defeated the Spanish but didn’t because of strategic or tactical blunders.

The easiest way to solve these problems is to have Huayna Capac or his eldest son and designated heir, Ninan Cuyochic, survive the 1528 plague. No succession war means the Inca show a united front and likely annihilate Pizarro on the shore or when he can’t use his horses on the steep Inca roads.

Would this be enough to secure Inca survival?
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