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Timeline of the Inca Empire

 

 

18,000 BCE - Early hunters and gatherers

5000-2000 BCE - Tribes begin farming the land

400 CE - Inca tribe first mention via myths and legends in Peru

1200 CE - City of Cuzco is formed. Manco Capac is the first ruler.

1400-1500 CE - Incas conquer other tribes. Expand Empire to 2500 miles long and about 500 miles wide

1525 CE - Civil War

1531 CE - Pizarro brings Spanish to the Inca Empire. He kills Emperor Atahualpa - the Inca ruler.

Today - Descendants of the ancient Incas still live in the modern day country of Peru in South America

 


Timeline

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