The Inca Empire: Children of the Sun

Empires 1438 AD Medieval 🇵🇪 Peru 1,989 views

The Inca Empire, the largest in the Americas, stretched 4,000 kilometres along the Andes and governed 12 million people through an extraordinary system of roads, storehouses, and administrative centres.

The Children of the SunThe Inca people called themselves the Tawantinsuyu, the Four Quarters, and their ruler the Sapa Inca, the Unique King, a divine intermediary between the people and Inti, the sun god. From a small kingdom in the valley of Cusco in present-day Peru, they expanded with breathtaki...

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