Inca
IncaThe pre-Columbian Indian people of western South America. They comprised Quechua-speaking tribes around Cuzco (their capital), who formed a state contemporary to, and eventually superseding that of Chimú . Sixteenth-century records indicate that the ruling dynasty was founded c. 1200 AD by Manco Capac , but real expansion did not take place until 1438 , forming an empire stretching from northern Ecuador, across Peru, to Bolivia and parts of northern Argentina and Chile by 1525 (some 3500 km, 2175 miles, north to south). Three important rulers carried out these conquests and the development of the imperial administration: Pachacuti ( 1438 – 71 ), Topa Inca ( 1471 – 93 ...
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