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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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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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1493 - 1526Huayna Capac reigns as Inca leader and constructs fortresses, religious temples and roads throughout the empire.
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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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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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15 Nov 1533Francisco Pizarro takes the Inca capital of Cuzco.
