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Known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
administrative, political, and military center of the empire was located in the city of Cusco.
The Inca civilization arose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. -
A sacred place where the Incas worshiped their gods, but that would not have been the only use that gave the Inca City; it is known that was also used as a kind of retreat for the Inca Pachacutec and his family
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13th and last emperor of the Inca, who was victorious in a devastating civil war with his half brother, only to be captured, held for ransom, and then executed by Francisco Pizarro
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Francisco Pizarro invaded the Incan Empire in 1532, seeking riches. Pizarro manipulated the two sides, eventually defeating both.
The Spanish took over all the Incan lands within 40 years, taking vast quantities of gold, destroying the cities, and nearly erasing an entire civilization -
With Spanish reinforcements that had arrived at Cajamarca earlier that year, Pizarro then marched on Cuzco, and the Inca capital fell without a struggle in November 1533. Huascar's brother Manco Capac was installed as a puppet emperor, and the city of Quito was subdued.
