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The Inca state was known as the Kingdom of Cuzco before 1438. Over the course of the Inca Empire, the Inca used conquest and peaceful assimilation to incorporate the territory of modern-day Peru, followed by a large portion of western South America, into their empire, centered on the Andean mountain range.
The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu, [13] "the suyu of four [parts]". In Quechua, tawa is four and -ntin is a suffix naming a group, so that a tawantin is a quartet, a group of four things taken together, in this case the four suyu ("regions" or "provinces") whose corners met at the capital.
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, along with his brothers in arms and their indigenous allies, captured the last Sapa Inca, Atahualpa, at the ...
Reconstruction of one of the pyramids of Aspero. After the first humans — who were then arranged into hunter-gatherer tribal groups — arrived in South America via the Isthmus of Panama, they spread out across the continent, with the earliest evidence for settlement in the Andean region dating to circa 15,000 BCE, in what archaeologists call the Lithic Period.
Manco Inca left Cusco on April 18, 1536 after securing Hernando Pizarro's approval to conduct religious ceremonial activities in the Yucay Valley and return with gold. [11] Instead, Manco went to Lares and conducted a meeting with Inca military chiefs and warriors, over ceremonial chicha, to discuss and finalize siege and rebellion plans. [11]
Casus belli for the Chimor–Inca War. Pachacuti: Conquest of the Chimú Empire (1470) Inca Empire: Chimu Empire: Inca Victory Inca sack of Chan Chan. The treasures are used to decoy the Coricancha; The Chimu leader Minchancaman is taken prisoner; End of Chimu hegemony on North Peru. Consolidation of Inca hegemony on Ancient Peru. Pachacuti ...
[14] [1] [12] [13] Inca expansion, possibly initiated by the acquisition of the Chanka war booty following the Chanka–Inca War, which gave an initial advantage to the inca chiefdom, added a new sphere to the redistributive system established in the Andes, exchanging the newly acquired goods for the workforce, and the allegiance, of the ...
The Inca Civil War, also known as the Inca Dynastic War, the Inca War of Succession, or, sometimes, the War of the Two Brothers, was fought between half-brothers Huáscar and Atahualpa, sons of Huayna Capac, over succession to the throne of the Inca Empire. [1]: 146–149 [2] The war followed Huayna Capac's death.