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by YeGoblynQueenne 1814 days ago
>> 168 Spanish vs 3000-8000 Incan warriors

Actually, those were not warriors. Note the listings of the Stength of the belligerents in the information box, on the right of the article (on the right as seen in a PC browser):

>> 3,000–8,000 unarmed personal attendants/lightly armed guards [2]

The opening paragraph of the wikipedia article also makes it clear that the "battle" was more like a slaughter:

>> The Battle of Cajamarca also spelled Cajamalca[4][5] (though many contemporary scholars prefer to call it Massacre of Cajamarca)[6][7][8] was the ambush and seizure of the Inca ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532. The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee.

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>> 3,000–8,000 unarmed personal attendants/lightly armed guards [2]

Wikipedia said they had Knives and ropes

Almost all medieval battles end with routes and slaughter. What I am saying is 168 were able to take 5000 prisoners without the help of advanced technology?

Because the majority were civilians incapable of putting up a fight.
How do you even know that? Text says they were armed with knives. And what do you mean "civilians" in this context? The article lists them as armed belligerents.
Well, I'm going by what the Wikipedia article says, that they were "Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants". According to the article the "armed host" was stationed outside the city and fled when the emperor was killed.

Edit: sorry, captured, not killed.