Inca Empire

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empire indigenous American civilization pre-Columbian civilization

The Inca Empire was a powerful pre-Columbian civilization in western South America, renowned for its vast Andean road system, advanced engineering, and administrative sophistication centered on its capital at Cusco.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Inca Empire canonical 150
Inca civilization 50
Tawantinsuyu 22

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf empire ⓘ
indigenous American civilization ⓘ
pre-Columbian civilization ⓘ
administrativeDivision suyu ⓘ
agriculturalTechnique irrigation canals ⓘ
terracing ⓘ
borderedBy Pacific Ocean ⓘ
capital Cusco ⓘ
commonLanguage Quechua ⓘ
conqueredBy Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
culturalLegacy Inca road segments still in use ⓘ
Quechua-speaking populations in the Andes ⓘ
currencySystem no coinage; labor and goods-based ⓘ
domesticatedAnimal alpaca ⓘ
llama ⓘ
economicSystem redistributive economy ⓘ
endDate 1572 ⓘ
firstRuler Manco Cápac ⓘ
floruitCentury 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Qhapaq Ñan ⓘ
keyEvent capture of Atahualpa at Cajamarca (1532) ⓘ
execution of Atahualpa (1533) ⓘ
fall of Vilcabamba (1572) ⓘ
knownFor administrative sophistication ⓘ
advanced engineering ⓘ
centralized bureaucracy ⓘ
extensive road system ⓘ
mit’a labor system ⓘ
stone masonry ⓘ
terrace agriculture ⓘ
lastRuler Atahualpa ⓘ
Túpac Amaru ⓘ
mainCrops maize ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
quinoa ⓘ
majorCity Cusco ⓘ
Machu Picchu ⓘ
Quito ⓘ
nativeName Inca Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tawantinsuyu
notableRuler Huayna Capac ⓘ
Inca emperor Pachacuti ⓘ
surface form: Pachacuti

Topa Inca Yupanqui ⓘ
numberOfSuyus 4 ⓘ
patronDeity Inti ⓘ
Viracocha ⓘ
peakPeriod reign of Huayna Capac ⓘ
Inca Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: reign of Pachacuti
region Andes ⓘ
religion Inca religion ⓘ
roadSystemLength over 20,000 kilometers ⓘ
roadSystemName Qhapaq Ñan ⓘ
rulerTitle Sapa Inca ⓘ
startDate c. 1438 ⓘ
stateIdeology sun worship ⓘ
successorState Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
suyu Antisuyu ⓘ
Chinchaysuyu ⓘ
Collasuyu ⓘ
Cuntisuyu ⓘ
territoryIncludes present-day Argentina ⓘ
present-day Bolivia ⓘ
present-day Chile ⓘ
present-day Colombia ⓘ
present-day Ecuador ⓘ
present-day Peru ⓘ
translationOfNativeName Realm of the Four Parts ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteRelated Cusco ⓘ
surface form: City of Cusco

Machu Picchu ⓘ
surface form: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
writingSystem quipu (knotted cords) ⓘ

Referenced by (248)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peru → historicalCivilization → Inca Empire ⓘ
Quechua → historicallyAssociatedWith → Inca Empire ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → conflict → Inca Empire ⓘ
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → mainBelligerent → Inca Empire ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Inca Empire ⓘ
Quito → preColumbianCulture → Inca Empire ⓘ
Sacred Valley → partOf → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca heartland
Sacred Valley → historicalCulture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Machu Picchu → builtBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Machu Picchu → culture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca
Inca Empire → nativeName → Inca Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tawantinsuyu
Inca Empire → peakPeriod → Inca Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: reign of Pachacuti
Viceroyalty of Peru → predecessor → Inca Empire ⓘ
Altiplano plateau → historicallyPartOf → Inca Empire ⓘ
Americas → hasIndigenousCivilization → Inca Empire ⓘ
Cusco → formerCapitalOf → Inca Empire ⓘ
Cusco → historicalPeriod → Inca Empire ⓘ
Runasimi → historicalAssociation → Inca Empire ⓘ
Andean civilization → hasPart → Inca Empire ⓘ
Battle of Cajamarca → location → Inca Empire ⓘ
Battle of Cajamarca → belligerent → Inca Empire ⓘ
Francisco Pizarro → opponent → Inca Empire ⓘ
Atahualpa → country → Inca Empire ⓘ
Atahualpa → ethnicGroup → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca
Atahualpa → countryOfCapture → Inca Empire ⓘ
Atahualpa → culture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Manco Inca Yupanqui → ethnicity → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca
Manco Inca Yupanqui → country → Inca Empire ⓘ
Manco Inca Yupanqui → birthPlace → Inca Empire ⓘ
Tiwanaku culture → followedBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Tiwanaku culture → influenced → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca culture
Wari Empire → influenced → Inca Empire ⓘ
Andean Late Horizon → associatedWith → Inca Empire ⓘ
Andean Late Horizon → dominantPower → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tawantinsuyu
Andean Late Horizon → dominantPower → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca state
Chimu culture → followedBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Chimu culture → conqueredBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Llullaillaco volcano → archaeologicalCulture → Inca Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Llullaillaco
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Calca → hasNearbyArchaeologicalCulture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Ollantaytambo archaeological site → heritage → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Ollantaytambo archaeological site → culture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca
Ollantaytambo archaeological site → builtBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Pisac archaeological site → culture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Chinchero → historicalPeriod → Inca Empire ⓘ
Chinchero archaeological site → culture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Chinchero archaeological site → timePeriod → Inca Empire ⓘ
Isla de la Luna → culture → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca
Huayna Capac → dynasty → Inca Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inca dynasty
Huayna Capac → civilization → Inca Empire ⓘ
Huayna Capac → territorialPeakOf → Inca Empire ⓘ