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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Generate an image of the Inca Empire (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 Tawantinsuyu ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
notableRuler Huayna Capac ⓘ
Pachacuti ⓘ
Topa Inca Yupanqui ⓘ
numberOfSuyus 4 ⓘ
patronDeity Inti ⓘ
Viracocha ⓘ
peakPeriod reign of Huayna Capac ⓘ
reign of Pachacuti ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
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 ⓘ
linked to: Cusco

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu ⓘ
linked to: Machu Picchu
writingSystem quipu (knotted cords) ⓘ

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Referenced by (369)

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Peru → historicalCivilization → Inca Empire ⓘ
Quechua → historicallyAssociatedWith → Inca Empire ⓘ
Quito → preColumbianCulture → Inca Empire ⓘ
Sacred Valley → partOf → Inca heartland ⓘ
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Sacred Valley → historicalCulture → Inca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Machu Picchu → builtBy → Inca civilization ⓘ
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Machu Picchu → culture → Inca ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Inca Empire → nativeName → Tawantinsuyu ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Inca Empire → peakPeriod → reign of Pachacuti ⓘ
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Viceroyalty of Peru → predecessor → 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 ⓘ
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Atahualpa → countryOfCapture → Inca Empire ⓘ
Atahualpa → culture → Inca civilization ⓘ
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Manco Inca Yupanqui → ethnicity → Inca ⓘ
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Manco Inca Yupanqui → country → Inca Empire ⓘ
Manco Inca Yupanqui → birthPlace → Inca Empire ⓘ
Tiwanaku culture → followedBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Tiwanaku culture → influenced → Inca culture ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Wari Empire → influenced → Inca Empire ⓘ
Andean Late Horizon → associatedWith → Inca Empire ⓘ
Andean Late Horizon → dominantPower → Tawantinsuyu ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Andean Late Horizon → dominantPower → Inca state ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Chimu culture → followedBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Chimu culture → conqueredBy → Inca Empire ⓘ
Llullaillaco → archaeologicalCulture → Inca civilization ⓘ
subject linked to: Llullaillaco volcano
linked to: Inca Empire
Calca → hasNearbyArchaeologicalCulture → Inca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Ollantaytambo archaeological site → heritage → Inca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Ollantaytambo archaeological site → culture → Inca ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Pisac archaeological site → culture → Inca civilization ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Chinchero → historicalPeriod → Inca Empire ⓘ
Chinchero archaeological site → culture → Inca civilization ⓘ
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Isla de la Luna → culture → Inca ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Huayna Capac → dynasty → Inca dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Inca Empire
Huayna Capac → civilization → Inca Empire ⓘ
Huayna Capac → territorialPeakOf → Inca Empire ⓘ