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c. 1100The Inca, led by Manco Capac, migrate to the Cuzco Valley and establish their capital at Cuzco.
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c. 1425 - 1532The Inca Empire flourishes in South America.
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c. 1425Viracocha Inca begins to build the Inca empire.
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1438 - 1471Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui reigns as the leader of the Inca Empire.
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1438Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui defeats the Chancas to control the Cuzco Valley and further expand the Inca empire.
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1438Pachacunti Inca Yupanqui begins a rebuilding programme in the Inca capital of Cuzco.
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c. 1450Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui founds Machu Picchu in the High Andes.
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c. 1470The Incas conquer the Chimu civilization based at Chan Chan.
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1471 - 1493Reign of Inca Tupac Yupanqui who doubles the size of the Inca Empire.
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1471 - 1493The sacred site of Pachacamac is taken over by the Incas.
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1493 - 1526Huayna Capac reigns as Inca leader and constructs fortresses, religious temples and roads throughout the empire.
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c. 1510The Inca abandon the settlement of Machu Picchu.
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1526 - 1532Civil war between the Inca leaders Waskar and Atahualpa. Atahualpa wins.
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1530The Inca empire reaches its greatest extent.
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1532Francsico Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors arrive in South America.
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1532 - 1533Reign of Inca ruler Atahualpa.
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16 Nov 1532Battle of Cajamarca where the Inca leader Atahualpa is captured and held for ransom by Spanish forces led by Francisco Pizarro.
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26 Jul 1533The Inca leader Atahualpa is executed.
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15 Nov 1533Francisco Pizarro takes the Inca capital of Cuzco.
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18 Jan 1535Francsico Pizarro founds Lima (Ciudad de Los Reyes) as the capital of Spanish Peru.
