The Inca Empire By CJMorrison 1200 The Inca tribe founded the city of Cuzco in the Cuzco Valley region 1200 The Inca tribe was led by Manco Capac Period: 1200 to 1400 The Inca live in and around the city of Cuzco 1438 Pachacuti becomes the leader of the Inca 1471 Pachacuti's son, Tupac Inca becomes emporer of the Inca 1476 Tupac defeats the Chuma empire and their lands become part of the Inca empire 1493 Tupac's son, Huayna Capac, becomes emporer 1525 Huayna Capac dies from a plague 1525 The sons of Huayna Capac, Atahualpa and Huascar, fight over the crown Period: 1525 to 1530 The Inca empire is in a civil war wover who should take the crown 1532 Atahualpa defeats his brother and becomes emporer 1532 Spanish conquestidor, Francisco Pizarro, arrives in Peru to capture Atahualpa and to hold him for ransom 1533 The Spanish execute Atahualpa and make Manco Inca emporer 1535 Francisco Pizzaro founds the city of Lima, Peru names it as the capital of the region 1537 Manco Inca flees to Vilcabamba and forms the Inca government separate from the Spanish 1541 Francisco Pizzaro is killed 1572 The Spanish kill the last of the Inca emporers, Tupac Amaru, which was the end of the Inca empire