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Assignment Discovery: The Inca Rebellion

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Disease and civil war weakened the Inca Empire before Francisco Pizarro and his men came to conquer. Conditions under Spanish rule were brutal, but the Incas staged one last rebellion to regain their pride and ancestral lands.
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Assignment Discovery: The Inca Rebellion

Assignment Discovery: The Inca Rebellion (49:19)

Disease and civil war weakened the Inca Empire before Francisco Pizarro and his men came to conquer. Conditions under Spanish rule were brutal, but the Incas staged one last rebellion to regain their pride and ancestral lands.

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Bone Detectives: Missing Skull (2:33)

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Bone Detectives: The Underworld

Bone Detectives: The Underworld (1:44)

Archeologist Scotty Moore enters a Mayan burial cave and finds a skull with signs of cranial deformation and dental modification.

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Ancient Americans: Part Two (16:15)

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Ancient Americans: Part One (15:23)

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Assignment Discovery: The Inca Rebellion

Assignment Discovery: The Inca Rebellion (49:19)

Disease and civil war weakened the Inca Empire before Francisco Pizarro and his men came to conquer. Conditions under Spanish rule were brutal, but the Incas staged one last rebellion to regain their pride and ancestral lands.