Dec 28, 2025 · The Inca are an Indigenous people of South America who ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands, from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the …

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.

The Inka empire at its greatest extent sprawled from the modern-day city of Quito in Ecuador to Santiago in Chile. The Inka called their empire Tawantinsuyu, usually translated as “Land of the Four …

At the time of the Spanish invasion, the Inka empire stretched 2,485 miles from north to south, and 300 miles east to west, and encompassed more than a hundred societies (Fagan, 1996, 340). The first …

Fourteen thousand years of unique cultures preceded the Inka in the Andes. Four in particular— Chavín, Tiwanaku, Wari, and Chimú — influenced Inka traditions and laid the groundwork for the rise of the …

Mar 11, 2015 · Grab your fedora and bullwhip as we unearth eight amazing yet obscure ancient empires in this episode of History Countdown. The Inca first appeared in modern-day Peru sometime during …

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Dec 28, 2025 · According to their tradition, the Inca originated in the village of Paqari-tampu, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Cuzco. The founder of the Inca dynasty, Manco Capac (Manqo Qhapaq), led …

A sacred city of temples, royal palaces and residences for housing carefully-preserved bodies of dead rulers, early histories say the Inka likened Cuzco to the body of a puma (wild mountain cat), a symbol …

The Inka Empire rose rapidly and burned bright. In little more than 100 years, it grew from a small kingdom in the highlands of Peru to become the largest empire in the Americas.