The Inca

Inca transportation

Jan 22, 1200

Although the Inca build amazing roads, they do not have any horses or wheels. They walk everywhere, sometimes carrying things on their backs, or using a llama to carry their loads. The llama, however, cannot carry very heavy loads and cannot walk more than twelve miles a day.

Manco capac starts the inca

Feb 22, 1200

Manco Capac is considered the first Inca. Believed to be the son of the sun, he marries his sister, Mama Ocllo, the daughter of the moon. From now on an Inca ruler must marry his sister, and it is only from this marriage that the next ruler can be named.

The inca arrive

Mar 22, 1200

The Inca first settle in the Cuzco Valley of what is now the country of Peru in South America. They will go on to control land along the Pacific Coast as far north as southern Columbia, as far south as northern Chile, and that stretches into eastern Bolivia.

Expansion begins

Apr 22, 1438

he Inca first settle in the Cuzco Valley of what is now the country of Peru in South America. They will go on to control land along the Pacific Coast as far north as southern Columbia, as far south as northern Chile, and that stretches into eastern Bolivia.

inca takes over

May 22, 1493

Topa Inca, Pachacuti's son. is now the 10th ruler. He expands the empire some 2,500 miles.

civil war

Apr 20, 1525

Huayna Capac leaves two other sons without naming a successor. The two fight it out to see who will rule. Atahuallpa wins.

The spaniards come

Apr 20, 1532

Explorer Francisco Pizarro sails to the Americas looking for gold. He makes his way to South America where he finds the Inca. He captured Atahualpa in Cajamarca and slaughters many others. He ransoms the Inca ruler for a room full of gold, but then kills the leader anyway.

Manco made ruler

Apr 20, 1533

Pizarro goes to Cuzco and puts Atahualpa's brother, Manco Inca, in charge of the remaining Inca. Accounts of the Spanish conquest are written by Pedro Sancho de la Hoz and Francisco de Jerez, assistants to Pizarro

Rebellion and death

Apr 20, 1544

After a while, Manco Inca rebels against the Spaniards. He is killed in 1544. Tupac Amaru becomes the last ruler of the Inca. He is killed in 1572 in Cusco. The Inca Empire is gone and its vast lands are now ruled by Spain

Huaman poma writes about the inca

Apr 20, 1580

Between 1580 and 1620 A.D., Huaman Poma, a native of Peru, writes an account with pictures of the Inca. He includes many of their customs and shows how they suffered under the Spanish