Inca+Rulers

This is a link to a complete list of all the Inca rulers. http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/lilac/3/inka1.htm According to the Wikipedia page, The most powerful figure in the empire was the [|Sapa Inca] ('the unique Inca'). Only descendants of the original Inca tribe ever ascended to the level of Inca. N ine million Incas believed that their emperor was a descendant of the Sun God. And the emperor chose his administrators from among his sons and other close relatives. Only pure-blooded Incas held the most important governmental, religious and military offices.

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachacuti) was an Inca ruler who is known as a hero. He ruled from 1438-1472 and began the conquest of three rulers to follow him that would bring the Inca empire to its greatest size. His father was invaded by a warring neighbor and was ready to give up when Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui convinced him otherwise. For this he was known as a hero by the Inca. When he came to power, he collaborated with his son and successor so that by the time he died he had conquered all the way from Equador to Chile. His military campaigns were so successful that he is sometimes refered to the "Napoleon of the Andes." Pachacuti also reorganzied the ruling system of the Inca. He essentialy formed a tetrarchy like Diocletian did in Rome. His new name for the Inca empire was //Tahuantinsuyu,// or the united four empires. His system included four //apos// that were like Diocletians Caesars. They each ruled a province and under them there were local governers and such. He also established checks and balances in power in the priesthood and the army. Pachacuti rebuilt his home-province of Cuzco. The temple [|Coricancha] was built during his reign. Pretty much the only thing that he didn't change was the inheritence of power. His son became ruler without any dispute but later the rulers must win aproval from the priests, apos and the military. Machu Pichu is also believed to be built around the same time as Pachacuti.

These are pictures of Pachacuti's conquered lands. The last picture is after he stopped ruling (1472). http://ca-americas.wikispaces.com/Inca+Rulers
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Late-intermediate-peru.png/200px-Late-intermediate-peru.png width="200" height="370" caption="1438 CE" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Late-intermediate-peru.png"]][[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png width="15" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Late-intermediate-peru.png"]]1438 CE || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Pachacuti-conquest.png/200px-Pachacuti-conquest.png width="200" height="370" caption="1463 CE" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pachacuti-conquest.png"]][[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png width="15" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pachacuti-conquest.png"]]1463 CE || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Tupac-inca-conquest.png/200px-Tupac-inca-conquest.png width="200" height="370" caption="1493 CE" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tupac-inca-conquest.png"]][[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png width="15" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tupac-inca-conquest.png"]]1493 CE ||

The next ruler in the line of conquering Incas was Tupac Inka Yupanqui. He continued Pachacuti's campaign along to the north into Ecuador, as well as extending south. He took the king of the Chimu ( located on the eastern coast of Peru) and held him prisoner. He also reached the city of Pachamac with it great old religious temple (see picture below). He left it standing though out of a sign of repsect. Doing this also allowed him to gain more respect and cooperation from the Pachamacians. He went through the Nazcans (with the lines) and had contact with the Cuzco (the red section on the map above, his empire was basically the Chimor part of the map (the darkest section)). Because of the contact that he formed with Pachamac, and what was soon to be Cuzco, Cuzco was formed. He did all this before he was crowned king in 1471 as his father was 80 and too old to rule. By his death in 1493 he had conquered parts of modern-day Chile. http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/lilac/3/inka1.htm

City layout of Pachamac (http://www.nazcamystery.com/images2/pachac21.jpg)

Arial view of Pachamac (http://www.nazcamystery.com/images2/pisco_1.jpg) Also see above maps.

According to http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831486.html, Manco Capac was the last of the Inca rulers and crowned by a Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro. Because of the presence of the Spaniards, Capac was tolerated as a firgurehead and didn't really do much. However, he ran away from Cuzco, occupied by the Spaniards, and built up an army. In 1536 he tried to take back Cuzco but the Spaniards had the technological advantage. The siege was give up after 10 months and Capac retreated into the forest. He was still very active though. He fought guerrilla wars against soldiers and settlers. He was killed in 1544 when a few soldiers that he had given refuge to turned on him and killed him.

Manco Capac: -Alex Evans