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[[Image:Inca empire.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The greatest extent of the Incan Empire.]]

[[Image:Inca empire.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The greatest extent of the Incan Empire.]]

The '''Inca''' civilization, which lasted from roughly 1250 to 1548 AD, was the largest [[Precolumbian_Civilizations|empire]] of [[Columbian Exchange|Pre-Columbian]] [[Americas|America]] until it was destroyed by Spanish imperialists. The Inca are best known for their highly advanced road system, surprisingly accurate medical knowledge, and [[calendar]].  The famous [[Machu Picchu]] is an Incan ruin.

The '''Inca''' civilization, which lasted from roughly 1250 to 1548 AD, was the largest [[Precolumbian Civilizations|empire]] of [[Columbian Exchange|Pre-Columbian]] [[Americas|America]] until it was destroyed by Spanish imperialists. The Inca are best known for their highly advanced road system, surprisingly accurate medical knowledge, and [[calendar]].  The famous [[Machu Picchu]] is an Incan ruin.

==History of the Inca==

==History of the Inca==

The Inca began as a small tribe called the ''Killke'' in the so-called "Sacred Valley" of modern day [[Peru]].  Particular geographic conditions made the Sacred Valley especially fertile and well-protected, allowing the tribe that would become the Incan Empire to become more powerful than neighboring tribes over time, and by 1200 AD the Inca had founded the city of [[Cuzco]], which would become their capital city.  

The Inca began as a small tribe called the ''Killke'' in the so-called "Sacred Valley" of modern-day [[Peru]].  Particular geographic conditions made the Sacred Valley especially fertile and well-protected, allowing the tribe that would become the Incan Empire to become more powerful than neighboring tribes over time, and by 1200 AD the Inca had founded the city of [[Cuzco]], which would become their capital city.  

In a series of tribal conquests, the Inca conquered all of modern day Peru and extended their empire across the [[Andes]] mountain range.  The Inca inspired the loyalty of subjugated peoples by allowing them to maintain their local deities, and by training local tribe members as administrators.  The height of the empire was from 1471-1525, when it covered almost the entire Andes mountain range.

In a series of tribal conquests, the Inca conquered all of modern-day Peru and extended their empire across the [[Andes]] mountain range.  The Inca inspired the loyalty of subjugated peoples by allowing them to maintain their local deities, and by training local tribe members as administrators.  The height of the empire was from 1471-1525, when it covered almost the entire Andes mountain range.

==Culture of the Inca==

==Culture of the Inca==

==See also==

==See also==

[[Precolumbian_Civilizations]]

[[Precolumbian Civilizations]]

[[category:American History]]

[[Category:American History]]

[[category:Peru]]

[[Category:Peru]]