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Inca Civilization

  • Cuzco
    1100

    Cuzco

    The capital of the Incan empire was founded in the 1100s. Later many temples were built there to be the home of the Chosen Women and they were used for religious ceremonies.
  • Incan Empire
    1200

    Incan Empire

    The empire was founded by Emperor Manco Capac.
  • Sapa Inca
    1438

    Sapa Inca

    A war leader named Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui declared himself the emperor, which was also known as the Sapa Inca.
  • Machu Picchu
    1455

    Machu Picchu

    One of the Incas greatest achievements was the building of the city Machu Picchu. It was settled in the mountains and spread over five miles. It never got finished though due to the Spanish invasions which brought smallpox.
  • Royal Highway
    1500

    Royal Highway

    The Inca built a road system that expanded over 14,000 miles in total. It started sometime in the mid-1500s. The roads had military stations at places to take news and any messages to reach other parts of the Empire.
  • Civil War
    1525

    Civil War

    Two years earlier Emperor Huayana died without telling his two sons who were going to be the new emperor. They both got armies and started the war and it lasted five years, Finally, Atahualpa was victorious and claimed the throne.
  • Smallpox
    1526

    Smallpox

    The Spanish brought smallpox to the Inca Empire when they invaded it. The epidemic wiped out most of the Incan civilization. It spread along the roads everywhere.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    He came in and wanted to conquer the Incan Empire. He captured and executed the emperor and took over the empire.
  • Pizarro
    1541

    Pizarro

    After conquering and executing the emperor, Atahualpa. He took over the empire but he died and the Inca were still going. He died by a group of people who followed a man named Diego de Almagro II.
  • The End
    1572

    The End

    The Inca have been close to ending but finally, after the last emperor, Tupac Amaru died from the Spanish they were at their end.