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The Inca Imperial Period

The Early Modern World

The Inca imperial period was the era of rapid Inca expansion from the Cusco heartland into the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, ended by the Spanish conquest that began in 1532 and concluded with the fall of the last independent Inca state four decades later.

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1438 1
End Year
1572 1
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The Andes of western South America, centered on Cusco, the empire's administrative, political and military center. 1
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Source Wikipedia: Pachacuti
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1. Wikipedia: Inca Empire
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  • Lead section
    The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco.
  • Expansion section
    In 1438, they began a far-reaching expansion under the command of the 9th Sapa Inca
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