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What countries were a part of the Inca empire? How fast and by what strategy did the Incas conquer these countries?
List the countries that were conquered by the Incas
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Maximum extension of the Inca Empire.
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At its maximum extension the Inca Empire (or Tahuantinsuyo) stretched from the Ancasmayo River in the south of Colombia all the way thru most parts of Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, and stretching to Biobío and Maule in the north of Chile, and the far north side of Argentina. It was so extense with almost 4,000,000 square kilometers, that it is considered the largest empire of all times south of the equator.
It was formed in less than a 100 years (from 1438 to 1532) by the Inca (the King) Pachacútec who initiated the expansion and his son Túpac Yupanqui who doubled the size of the empire. The territory, Tahuantinsuyo (or the Empire of Four Provinces) was divided in four Suyos (Inca regions) which initially belonged to the four cardinal points and the ecological zones, this were:
* Antisuyo (East)
* Collasuyo (South)
* Chinchaysuyo (North)
* Contisuyo (West)
The most important aspect of the Inca Empire and one that facilitated the initial conquest and the communication between the far stretch regions of the country, was the Inca Trail, an amazing network of stoned roads that crossed the jungles, high Andes mountains and deserts of the empire from its southern most part on the north of Chile to its northern most part on the south of Colombia.
All the Inca Trails in Southamerica arrived to Cusco, the capital of the Empire; the city´s name means "The Belly Button of the World". These trails were inherited by the Empire from the pre-Inca cultures of the continent which built them in the first place. The Incas simply kept enlarging and maintaining the trail, fixing it when it was required. On every leg of the Inca Trail there was the Tambos, storage rooms where grains and other foods were stored for the use of the Inca Imperial Army when it was out on military campaign or a conquest.
The whole Empire was connected by this network and four major trails were built. The most important was the Cápac Ñan (the Royal Road) with an amazing 5.200 kilometers in length; it stretched from Quito, Ecuador, on the north, passing thru Cusco, all the way to Tucumán, Argentina. It crossed mountain ranges with elevations that surpassed the 5.000 meters.
Inca Trail on the way to Machu Pichu.
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Machu Pichu, the last secluded and forgotten bastion of the Inca Empire.
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At its maximum extension the Inca Empire (or Tahuantinsuyo) stretched from the Ancasmayo River in the south of Colombia all the way thru most parts of Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, and stretching to Biobío and Maule in the north of Chile, and the far north side of Argentina. It was so extense with almost 4,000,000 square kilometers, that it is considered the largest empire of all times south of the equator.
It was formed in less than a 100 years (from 1438 to 1532) by the Inca (the King) Pachacútec who initiated the expansion and his son Túpac Yupanqui who doubled the size of the empire. The territory, Tahuantinsuyo (or the Empire of Four Provinces) was divided in four Suyos (Inca regions) which initially belonged to the four cardinal points and the ecological zones, this were:
* Antisuyo (East)
* Collasuyo (South)
* Chinchaysuyo (North)
* Contisuyo (West)
The most important aspect of the Inca Empire and one that facilitated the initial conquest and the communication between the far stretch regions of the country, was the Inca Trail, an amazing network of stoned roads that crossed the jungles, high Andes mountains and deserts of the empire from its southern most part on the north of Chile to its northern most part on the south of Colombia.
All the Inca Trails in Southamerica arrived to Cusco, the capital of the Empire; the city´s name means "The Belly Button of the World". These trails were inherited by the Empire from the pre-Inca cultures of the continent which built them in the first place. The Incas simply kept enlarging and maintaining the trail, fixing it when it was required. On every leg of the Inca Trail there was the Tambos, storage rooms where grains and other foods were stored for the use of the Inca Imperial Army when it was out on military campaign or a conquest.
The whole Empire was connected by this network and four major trails were built. The most important was the Cápac Ñan (the Royal Road) with an amazing 5.200 kilometers in length; it stretched from Quito, Ecuador, on the north, passing thru Cusco, all the way to Tucumán, Argentina. It crossed mountain ranges with elevations that surpassed the 5.000 meters.
Inca Trail on the way to Machu Pichu.
Machu Pichu, the last secluded and forgotten bastion of the Inca Empire.
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Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Colombia were once part of the Inca Empire. The Incas used a variety of methods to conquer those areas.
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"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."
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"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."
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Is it your opinion that the Inca military logistical line and rapid troop movement allowed the Inca's to conquer large territories quickly?
Map of the Inca Trail network.
Yes, for the most part. The Inca trail helped to expand the Empire to a great extend. The road was already there, built few centuries earlier, but also offered a connection between Cusco and the far regions it wanted to add. There were others aspects from the methods the Incas implemented in building the Empire to consider.
For example, the first Inca Pachacútec, sent spies to the regions he wanted to anexionate to the empire; the spies brought reports on every aspect of the political organization, military force and wealth of these regions. He then sent messages to their leaders indicating the benefits of joining him. He offered them luxury goods and promised wealth by being co-rulers of the Empire. Most accepted the rule of the Inca as a fact. The province ruler's children were brought to Cusco to be taught about Inca administration systems, then returned to rule their native lands. In this manner the Inca indoctrinate the former ruler's children into the Inca nobility which enabled the Incas to marry their daughters, thus, establishing family ties with the different regions of the Empire.
Inca Trail.
link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Empire