The Inca Empire, known to its own people as Tawantinsuyu, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, incorporating a large portion of western South America centered on the Andean Mountains between 1438 and 1533 through a mix of conquest and peaceful assimilation. Ruled from the capital Cusco by a divine absolute monarch called the Sapa Inca, it governed a vast, ethnically diverse territory through a network of roads, a relay messenger system and a labor tax called the mit'a rather than a market economy. The empire fell to Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro beginning in 1532, though the last independent Inca state held out until 1572.
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Status (Extant or Former) The Inca Empire
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How did the Inca Empire govern such a large territory without a market economy?
Through roads a relay messenger system and the mit'a labor tax rather than markets.
The Inca ruled from the capital Cusco under a divine absolute monarch called the Sapa Inca. Instead of markets they relied on a network of roads, a relay messenger system and a labor tax called the mit'a to move people, goods and orders across a vast and ethnically diverse territory. The empire had grown between 1438 and 1533 through a mix of conquest and peaceful assimilation.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Francisco PizarroLead section, expeditions leading to the Spanish conquest
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From 1438 to 1533, the Incas incorporated a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean Mountains, using conquest and peaceful assimilation.
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The Inca Empire: Status
The empire fell to Spanish conquistadors under Francisco Pizarro beginning in 1532, though the last independent Inca state held out until 1572.
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was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Wikipedia: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
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The conquest of the Inca Empire, led to spin-off campaigns into present-day Chile and Colombia, as well as expeditions to the Amazon Basin and the surrounding rainforest.
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