Inca Civilization

Cuzco

1100

The capital of the Incan empire was founded in the 1100s. Later many temples were built there to be the home of the Chosen Women and they were used for religious ceremonies.

Incan Empire

1200

The empire was founded by Emperor Manco Capac.

Sapa Inca

1438

A war leader named Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui declared himself the emperor, which was also known as the Sapa Inca.

Machu Picchu

1455

One of the Incas greatest achievements was the building of the city Machu Picchu. It was settled in the mountains and spread over five miles. It never got finished though due to the Spanish invasions which brought smallpox.

Royal Highway

1500

The Inca built a road system that expanded over 14,000 miles in total. It started sometime in the mid-1500s. The roads had military stations at places to take news and any messages to reach other parts of the Empire.

Civil War

1525

Two years earlier Emperor Huayana died without telling his two sons who were going to be the new emperor. They both got armies and started the war and it lasted five years, Finally, Atahualpa was victorious and claimed the throne.

Smallpox

1526

The Spanish brought smallpox to the Inca Empire when they invaded it. The epidemic wiped out most of the Incan civilization. It spread along the roads everywhere.

Francisco Pizarro

1532

He came in and wanted to conquer the Incan Empire. He captured and executed the emperor and took over the empire.

Pizarro

1541

After conquering and executing the emperor, Atahualpa. He took over the empire but he died and the Inca were still going. He died by a group of people who followed a man named Diego de Almagro II.

The End

1572

The Inca have been close to ending but finally, after the last emperor, Tupac Amaru died from the Spanish they were at their end.