The Inca Empire was a vast empire that flourished in the Andean region of South America from the early 15th century A.D. up until its conquest by the Spanish in the 1530s.

When you think of the ancient world, the Incan Empire might come to mind. With fantastic terraces and storehouses in the ...

Since the Inca Empire spoke other languages, including today the Aymara, Chachapoya (or Puquina) and Mochica, it’s clear that the Inca were never just one heterogenous culture. Since it was mostly a ...

The Inca Empire may be the only advanced civilization in history to have no class of traders, and no commerce of any kind within its boundaries. How did they do it?

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By 1532, when Pizarro invaded, the Inca Empire stretched from what is now southern Colombia all the way to central Chile. The Inca leader Pachacuti, as depicted by an early chronicler.

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The great plaza of Cusco was the political center of the Inca Empire. The Saphy River divided it into two sacred spaces, with the northeast area used for ceremonies. ART: JON FOSTER.

The importance of guano birds to the Inca Empire and the first conservation measures implemented by humans, Ibis, published online on 18 August 2020 ahead of print | doi:10.1111/ibi.12867 ...

The growth of the Inca Empire was meteoric. Though precise dates for its beginnings remain elusive, the realm known to the Inca as Tahuantinsuyu, or "The Four Parts Together," arose sometime in ...