Inca Empire

Timeline of Peruvian history
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History of Peru－－Timeline ：
Ancient Peru
Caral
Chavin
Moche
Wari
Inca Empire
Colonial Peru
The Conquerors
Viceroyalty of Peru
Republic of Peru
Independence
Peru-Bolivian Confederacy
War of the Pacific

Ancient Peru:
3000 BC - 1600 BC: Caral
900 BC - 200 BC: Chavín
300 BC - AD 1480 Moche, Chimu
300 - 1100 Tiwanaku
500 - 1200 Huari
1438 - 1572: Inca Empire
Colonial Preu:
1532 - 1572: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1542 - 1821: Viceroyalty of Peru
Republic of Peru:
1836 - 1839: Peru-Bolivian Confederacy
1879 - 1884: War of the Pacific

The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantin suyu1; The Four United Regions2), was an empire centered in what is now Peru from AD 1438 to AD 1533. Over that period, the Inca used conquest and peaceful assimilation to incorporate in their empire a large portion of western South America, centred on the Andean mountain ranges. The Inca empire proved short-lived: by AD 1533, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, called a Sapa Inca, was killed on the orders of the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, marking the beginning of Spanish rule.

The empire was divided into four suyus, whose corners - according to Inca mythology - met at the "Navel of the World" (Qusqu), where their capital Cusco was located, now in modern-day Peru.

The official language of the empire was Quechua, although over seven hundred local languages were spoken. The Inca leadership encouraged the worship of their gods, the foremost of which was Inti, the sun god.

也就是说，印加帝国在南美历史上仅仅存在了95年，可是却创造了灿烂的印加文明：发达的道路系统，被成为“新世界的罗马”；巨石建筑，拼合紧密的石块间几乎没有空隙；建造梯田，并建立起庞大的水利系统。。。。除有形的文化标志物以外，印加人在文化方面也取得了卓越的成就，他们最早推广“普通话”－－克丘亚语。但至今还没有有力证据说明印加人懂得使用文字，他们使用的还是结绳记事。印加人在天文历法方面也没有得到长足的发展。