Inca empire

Inca Empire

The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. The Four Regions), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Its political and administrative structure is considered by most scholars to have been the most developed in the Americas before Columbus' arrival.

Pronunciation

In English, the term is pronounced as /ˈɪŋkə/.

Etymology

The term "Inca" means "lord, king" and was used to denote the ruler of the Empire. The term "Tawantinsuyu" is a Quechua term that translates to "The Four Regions" or "The Four Provinces".

Related Terms

• Cusco: The historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the 16th-century Spanish conquest.
• Sapa Inca: The emperor of the Inca Empire, held as the divine ruler.
• Inti: The Inca god of the sun, considered the ancestor of the Inca.
• Quipu: An ancient Inca device for recording information, known as "talking knots".
• Machu Picchu: An Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley.

See Also

• History of the Incas
• Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
• Inca society
• Inca mythology
• Inca architecture
• Inca road system
• Inca agriculture

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