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  2. Government of the Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Inca Empire was a federalist system [verification needed] which consisted of a central government with the Inca at its head and four quarters, or suyu: Chinchay Suyu (northwest), Antisuyu (northeast), Kuntisuyu (southwest), and Qullasuyu (southeast). The four corners of these quarters met at the center, Cuzco.

  3. Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Inca Empire was unique in that it lacked many of the features associated with civilization in the Old World. Anthropologist Gordon McEwan wrote that the Incas were able to construct "one of the greatest imperial states in human history" without the use of the wheel, draft animals, knowledge of iron or steel, or even a system of writing. [8]

  4. Rumicolca - Wikipedia

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    The Gate Theory. This first theory held that La Portada was originally built by the Wari to serve as a gate to their area of rule. Later, the Inca built a larger gate on top of the old Wari foundations. This gate was meant to separate the four “suyus,” or regions, of the Inca Empire.

  5. History of the Incas - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Inca society - Wikipedia

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    The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in Peru. The Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1533 A.D., represented the height of this civilization.

  7. Universal monarchy - Wikipedia

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    Sima Qian explicitly states the causal link between the universal conquest and divinity. [69] The Inca ruler, with the establishment of his universal monarchy, changed his royal "Capac" title, somewhat equivalent of "Duke," for the divine name by which he was thereafter known to history, "Viracocha Inca." [70]

  8. Neo-Inca State - Wikipedia

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    At Vilcabamba the state known as the Neo-Inca State was established by Manco, and Vilcabamba became the capital of the state until the death of Tupaq Amaru in 1572. From there, he continued his attacks against the Wankas (one of the most important allies of the Spaniards), having some success after fierce battles, and to the highlands of present-day Bolivia, where after many battles his army ...

  9. Ceque system - Wikipedia

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    Qurikancha museum marker graphically explaining the Inca system of wak'as and siq'is Qurikancha museum marker describing the Inca system of wak'as and siq'is. The siq'i (Spanish: Ceque; Quechua: A stripe, stroke, line indicating a direction.), Quechua pronunciation:) system was a series of ritual pathways leading outward from Cusco into the rest of the Inca Empire.