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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Inca Empire, Machu Picchu, Inca civilization, Quipu, Inca society, Inca plan, Paititi, Chicha, History of the Incas, Inca architecture, Inca road system, Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Sacsayhuam n, Incan agriculture, Q'ero, Inca rope bridge, Choquequirao, Inca education, Llactapata, Incan engineers, P sac, Tambo Colorado, B'nai Moshe, Ayllu, Kingdom of Cusco, Tumi, Capay n, Huayna Picchu, Mita, Chalcuchimac, Sacred Valley, Treasure of the Llanganatis, Yupana, Cura Ocllo, Chaski, Qoriwayrachina, Temple of the Moon, Inkan Aqueducts, Panakas, Puca Pucara, Harawi, Ayni, Minca, Wi ay Wayna, Split inheritance, Willaq Umu, Llauto, Intipuncu, Antisuyu, Xaquixahuana, Corequenque. Excerpt: The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas used a variety of methods, from conquest to peaceful assimilation, to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern Ecuador, Peru, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, north and north-central Chile, and southern Colombia into a state comparable to the historical empires of the Old World. The official language of the empire was Quechua, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quechua were spoken. The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu which can be translated as The Four Regions or The Four United Provinces. There were many local forms of worship, most of them concerning local sacred "Huacas," but the Inca leadership encouraged the worship of Inti-the sun god-and imposed its sovereignty above other ...
