Inca

The Fall of the Inca Empire

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  • The Start of an Empire
    1425

    The Start of an Empire

    Viracocha begins to build the Inca empire
  • Foundation
    1438

    Foundation

    The empire was founded when the Inca ruler Pachacuti and his army began conquering lands surrounding the Inca heartland of Cuzco
  • Huayna Capac
    1493

    Huayna Capac

    Son of Tupac Inca, Huayna Capac becomes king and expands the empire over the next thirty years
  • Period: 1527 to 1532

    Civil War

    Huascar and Atahualpa fight a civil war. Atahualpa wins in the end.
  • The Summit
    1530

    The Summit

    The Inca Empire reaches the peak of its power
  • Invasion
    1533

    Invasion

    Francisco Pizarro invaded the empire and kidnapped the Inca leader
  • Execution
    1533

    Execution

    The conquistadors forced the Inca's to pay a ransom. Regardless of cooperation, the men strangle the leader to death.
  • A New Start
    1535

    A New Start

    Pizarro founds Lima as the capital of Spanish Peru