Inca Empire

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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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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)

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Hanan Cuzco dynasty governedTerritory Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Tawantinsuyu
Mama Cocha culture Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
mascaypacha usedIn Inca Empire
mascaypacha associatedWith Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca monarchy
Inca bridges usedBy Inca Empire
Inca tambos partOf Inca Empire
Inca tambos locatedIn Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Tawantinsuyu
Inca tambos developedBy Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca state
Inca tambos culture Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Inca causeways usedBy Inca Empire
Inca people knownFor Inca Empire
Inca people empireName Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Tawantinsuyu
Andean valleys hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Mama Anahuarque country Inca Empire
Puquina associatedWithCulture Inca Empire
Cañari opposedBy Inca Empire
Cañari conqueredBy Inca Empire
Quitu precedes Inca Empire
Sinchi Roca country Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Cusco
Hatun Colla partOf Inca Empire
Hatun Colla usedBy Inca Empire
Tumebamba partOf Inca Empire
Tumebamba partOf Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Tawantinsuyu
Tumebamba culture Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Tumebamba builtBy Inca Empire
Colla historicallyInhabited Inca Empire
Colla conqueredBy Inca Empire
Colla Kingdom followedBy Inca Empire
Colla Kingdom conflictedWith Inca Empire
Colla Kingdom conqueredBy Inca Empire
Colla people conqueredBy Inca Empire
John H. Rowe researchInterest Inca Empire
Indigenous peoples of the Andes historicalCivilization Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Pilko Kaina associatedWith Inca Empire
Inca steps of Yumani heritageCulture Inca Empire
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Puruchuco associatedWith Inca Empire
Huánuco Pampa archaeological site partOf Inca Empire
subject surface form: Huánuco Pampa
Huánuco Pampa archaeological site culture Inca Empire
subject surface form: Huánuco Pampa
this entity surface form: Inca civilization
Huánuco Pampa archaeological site constructedBy Inca Empire
subject surface form: Huánuco Pampa
this entity surface form: Inca state
Ichma culture followedBy Inca Empire
Ichma culture conqueredBy Inca Empire
Chancay culture followedBy Inca Empire
Promaucae people opponent Inca Empire