USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A statue of Atahualpa and the Museum of Atahualpa are located in the town. Caranqui was the northernmost area fully incorporated into the Inca Empire, although the Inca fortified Rumichaca Bridge 75 kilometres (47 mi) further north on the present-day border of Ecuador and Colombia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Huayna Capac made Quito his home in the final years of his reign and converted the region into a second capital of the Inca Empire. But today, little remains. When the Spanish arrived in Quito, they found the city in ashes, burnt to the ground by General Rumiñahui.

Detailed explanation-3: -Quito, in full Villa de San Francisco de Quito, city and capital of Ecuador. It is situated on the lower slopes of the volcano Pichincha, which last erupted in 1666, in a narrow Andean valley at an elevation of 9, 350 feet (2, 850 metres), just south of the Equator.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cusco: Capital of the Incan Empire Cusco, Cuzco, or Qosqo are some of the names that this ancient Incan capital is known by.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to tradition, he ordered the city’s treasure to be hidden and the city burned to prevent looting by the Spaniards.