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The Inca Empire, [ a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts ( Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. "four parts together" [ 4] ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. [ 5] The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilization rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the ...
The Inca Empire lasted from 1438 to 1533. It was the largest Empire in America throughout the Pre-Columbian era. [ 1] 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 ...
Area. 38,160.87 ha. Machu Picchu[ a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [ 8] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [ 9] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province ...
t. e. Peruvian territory was inhabited 14,000 years ago by hunters and gatherers. Subsequent developments include the appearance of sedentary communities that developed agriculture and irrigation, and the emergence of complex socio-political hierarchies that created sophisticated civilizations, technology and monumental construction.
Known as Tawantinsuyu, or "the land of the four regions", in Quechua, the Inca civilization was highly distinct and developed. Inca rule extended to nearly a hundred linguistic or ethnic communities, some 9 to 14 million people connected by a 40,000-kilometer road system. Cities were built with precise stonework, constructed over many levels of ...
Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded in the 2nd century B.C.E. in present-day Bolivia. A core characteristic of the architectural style was to use the topography and existing materials of the land as part of the design. [ 1]
A map of the Inca Empire's expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, "The Four Regions"), was the largest known empire in pre-Columbian America, [8] and possibly the largest empire in the world during the early 16th century. [9]
Sacred Valley of the Incas. The Sacred Valley of the Incas ( Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas; Quechua: Willka Qhichwa ), or the Urubamba Valley, is a valley in the Andes of Peru, north of the Inca capital of Cusco. It is located in the present-day Peruvian region of Cusco. In colonial documents it was referred to as the "Valley of Yucay ."