ARKY 357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Inca Empire, Empire Today, Pachacuti
15 Nov 2015
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The inca empire is called tawantinsuyu which means the four parts together . This civilization spanned over 4,000 km in western south america and was home to more than. This was a place where the living and the mummified rulers fought for authority with one another, also with the deities of the landscape and the cosmos. This empire fell to a small group of spanish invaders in 1532. It did not only fall due to europe"s technological advances; it fell from internal fragility, such as politics and past war. Friday, november 15, 1532 168 frightened spaniards walked into the most powerful empire ever seen in the americas. Francisco pizarro lead the brigade that entered the plaza at cajamarca (an imperial inca center in the peruvian highlands) At this time, the inca prince, by the name of atawallpa was completing a fast at the hotsprings of. He had just finished a war over cuzco"s throne.
