Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacutec, was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu). During his reign Cusco grew from a small town into an empire that overtook the rival Chimu empire on the northern coast. Coming to power following the Chanka-Inca War, he conquered territories around Lake Titicaca in the south, the eastern slopes of the Andes near the Amazon in the east, and lands up to the Quito basin in the north, beginning an era of conquest that within three generations expanded Inca dominion across a sizeable part of western South America. Most archaeologists now believe the site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti.
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Birth YearDel Busto dates his birth to 1403; other reconstructions (Lane) place it around 1418. Death YearRowe chronology, used for the reign span already on this entity, dates his death to 1471; Means places it as early as 1448. RoleSapa Inca of the Inca Empire; the traditional reign span cited most often is 1438 to 1471 (following the historian John Howland Rowe), though other reconstructions of Inca chronology place it as early as 1400-1448 or as late as 1420-1477. 1 Sources give at least five competing reign chronologies for Pachacuti; Rowe's 1438-1471 is the one most commonly cited in general references. Role
Role (category) Role (category) BirthplaceCusicancha Palace, Cusco (Inca Empire) 1 Death PlacePatallacta Palace, Cusco (Inca Empire) 1 FAQs
Who built Machu Picchu?
Most archaeologists believe it was built as an estate for Pachacuti.
Most archaeologists now believe that Machu Picchu, the famous Inca site, was built as an estate for Pachacuti, the ninth Sapa Inca, who transformed the Chiefdom of Cusco into the Inca Empire.
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was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu). Most archaeologists now believe that the famous Inca site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti.
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According to the north-American anthropologist Philip Ainsworth Means, Pachacuti reigned from 1400 to 1448. John Howland Rowe, basing himself on the Spanish chronicler Miguel Cabello de Balboa, theorised a standard chronology, in which Pachacuti reigned from 1438 to 1471, however, radiocarbon dates suggest an earlier date, in the beginning of the 15th century.
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Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacútec (Quechua: Pachakutiy Inka Yupanki, pronounced [ˈpatʃa ˈkuti ˈiŋka juˈpaŋki]), was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu).
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