FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
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founding the site of Machu Picchu
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defeating Pizarro
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organizing a band
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inventing potatoes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (often simply Pachacuti or Pachacutec) was the 9th Inca ruler (r. 1438-1471 CE) who founded their empire with conquests in the Cuzco Valley and beyond. Pachacuti is also credited with founding the site of Machu Picchu.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pachacuti first conquered various peoples in what is now southern Peru and then extended his power northwesterly to Quito, Ecuador. He is said to have devised the city plan adopted for his capital, Cuzco (in present southern Peru). He also maintained royal estates for mummified past rulers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pachacuti reigned over the Inca Empire from 1438-1472 as the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco, which he later made into the Inca Empire.