Claim: Ecuador was conquested by people.
Evidence: What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century.
The term also includes their descendants from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present.
From 1438 to 1533 , the Incas incorporated a large portion of western South America , centered on the Andean Mountains , using conquest and peaceful assimilation , among other methods.