Inca timeline

By kdros189
  • Period: 1200 to 1572

    Inca time period

  • Inca creates suspension bridges over rivers
    1359

    Inca creates suspension bridges over rivers

  • Incas brain surgery
    1402

    Incas brain surgery

    The average survival rate was determined to be 75%–83% during the Inca period
  • When the inca tribe became an empire.
    1438

    When the inca tribe became an empire.

  • Civil war between Huáscar and Atahualpa
    1529

    Civil war between Huáscar and Atahualpa

    The civil war was caused because of two brothers fighting to claim the inca thrown.
  • Spanish conquest led by Francisco Pizarro
    1533

    Spanish conquest led by Francisco Pizarro

    After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under conquistador Francisco Pizarro, along with his brothers and their indigenous allies, captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca.
  • Incas Creation of roads
    1548

    Incas Creation of roads

    Road construction began in the mid-fifteenth century when the Inca gained control over its neighbors and started expanding their empire.
  • End of the Spanish conquest
    1572

    End of the Spanish conquest

    The Inca continued to revolt against totalitarian Spanish rule until the year 1572. In that year the Spanish conquered Vilcabamba and killed the last Inca emperor, Tupac Amaru, after a summary trial.