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.

Aliases (8)

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	Tawantinsuyu →
notableRuler	Huayna Capac → Pachacuti → Topa Inca Yupanqui →
numberOfSuyus	4 →
patronDeity	Inti → Viracocha →
peakPeriod	reign of Huayna Capac → 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	City of Cusco → Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu →
writingSystem	quipu (knotted cords) →

Referenced by (99)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atahualpa ("Inca civilization") → Chinchero archaeological site ("Inca civilization") → Inti ("Inca civilization") → Isla de la Luna ("Inca") → Machu Picchu ("Inca") → Manco Cápac ("Inca civilization") → Ollantaytambo archaeological site ("Inca") → Pisac archaeological site ("Inca civilization") → Room of the Three Windows ("Inca civilization") → Staff God ("Inca culture") → Temple of the Sun ("Inca culture") → Viracocha ("Inca civilization") →	culture
Antisuyu ("Tawantinsuyu") → Antisuyu → Chinchaysuyu ("Tawantinsuyu") → Chinchaysuyu → Collasuyu → Cuntisuyu → Sacred Valley ("Inca heartland") →	partOf
Huayna Capac → Manco Cápac → Pachacuti ("Inca civilization") → Temple of the Sun ("Inca civilization") → Topa Inca Yupanqui →	civilization
Machu Picchu ("Inca civilization") → Ollantaytambo archaeological site → Qhapaq Ñan ("Inca civilization") → Qhapaq Ñan →	builtBy
Atahualpa → Manco Inca Yupanqui → Pachacuti → Sapa Inca →	country
Andean Late Horizon → Pachacuti ("Tawantinsuyu") →	associatedWith
Andean Late Horizon ("Tawantinsuyu") → Andean Late Horizon ("Inca state") →	dominantPower
Chimu culture → Tiwanaku culture →	followedBy
Chinchero → Cusco →	historicalPeriod
Tiwanaku culture ("Inca culture") → Wari Empire →	influenced
Francisco Pizarro → Spanish conquest of Chile →	opponent
Governorate of New Castile → Viceroyalty of Peru →	predecessor
Killke culture → Killke culture ("Inca culture") →	predecessorOf
Realm of the Four Parts ("Tawantinsuyu") → Realm of the Four Parts →	refersTo
Collasuyu ("Tawantinsuyu") → Cuntisuyu ("Tawantinsuyu") →	subdivisionOf
Quechua people →	ancestry
Sapa Inca ("Tawantinsuyu") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Llullaillaco ("Inca civilization") →	archaeologicalCulture
Realm of the Four Parts ("Inca civilization") →	associatedWithCulture
Battle of Cajamarca →	belligerent
Manco Inca Yupanqui →	birthPlace
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire →	conflict
Chimu culture →	conqueredBy
Spanish conquistadors →	conqueredEmpire
Atahualpa →	countryOfCapture
Killke culture ("Inca culture") →	culturalContinuityWith
Topa Inca Yupanqui →	deathPlace
Huayna Capac ("Inca dynasty") →	dynasty
Atahualpa ("Inca") →	ethnicGroup
Manco Inca Yupanqui ("Inca") →	ethnicity
Cusco →	formerCapitalOf
Cuntisuyu ("Inca state") →	governedBy
Isla del Sol ("Inca civilization") →	hasHeritage
Americas →	hasIndigenousCivilization
Calca ("Inca civilization") →	hasNearbyArchaeologicalCulture
Andean civilization →	hasPart
Ollantaytambo archaeological site ("Inca civilization") →	heritage
Inca Trail ("Inca civilization") →	heritageContext
Moray archaeological site ("Inca civilization") →	heritageOf
Runasimi →	historicalAssociation
Peru →	historicalCivilization
Sacred Valley ("Inca civilization") →	historicalCulture
Quechua people →	historicalLanguageOfEmpire
Quechua →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Altiplano plateau →	historicallyPartOf
Maras salt mines ("Inca civilization") →	historicalUseBy
Pre-Columbian era →	includesCivilization
Andes cultural area ("Inca civilization") →	includesCulture
Collasuyu →	locatedInTheSoutheastOf
Battle of Cajamarca →	location
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire →	mainBelligerent
Realm of the Four Parts ("Tawantinsuyu") →	meaning
Túpac Amaru →	memberOf
Inca Empire ("Tawantinsuyu") →	nativeName
Cuntisuyu ("Tawantinsuyu") →	oneOf
Inca Empire ("reign of Pachacuti") →	peakPeriod
Quito →	preColumbianCulture
Killke culture →	successorCulture
Huayna Capac →	territorialPeakOf
Chinchero archaeological site →	timePeriod
Realm of the Four Parts ("Tawantinsuyu") →	translationOf
Qhapaq Ñan ("Inca state") →	usedBy