when did the inca civilization begin and end?

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inca tribe

Answer 1

As ancient civilizations sprang up across the planet thousands of years ago, so too the Inca civilization evolved. As with all ancient civilizations, its exact origins are unknown. Their historic record, as with all other tribes evolving on the planet at that time, would be recorded through oral tradition, stone, pottery, gold and silver jewelry, and woven in the tapestry of the people.

The Inca of Peru have long held a mystical fascination for people of the western world. Four hundred years ago the fabulous wealth in gold and silver possessed by these people was discovered, then systematically pillaged and plundered by Spanish conquistadors. The booty they carried home altered the whole European economic system. And in their wake, they left a highly developed civilization in tatters. That a single government could control many diverse tribes, many of which were secreted in the most obscure of mountain hideaways, was simply remarkable.

No one really knows where the Incas came from that historic record left in stone for archaeologists to unravel through the centuries that followed.

The Inca Empire was quite short-lived. It lasted just shy of 100 years, from ca.1438 AD, when the Inca ruler Pachacuti and his army began conquering lands surrounding the Inca heartland of Cuzco, until the coming of the Spaniards in 1532.



History of the Incan culture

The Incan civilization was, at the height of its existence, the largest one on Earth.
It flourished between 1200 AD to 1535 AD, stretching more than 2500 miles. And it remains to be the largest civilization ever existed in the western hemisphere. It is believed that it lived more than nine million people inside its borders at the time, and it stretched from the Equator to the Pacific coast of Chile.

The Inca are famous for their strong army that conquered numerous tribes, extensive road network, durable and beautiful cities, political system, terrace farming, gold, high altitude cities and last but not least, their defeat against the Spaniards.

The Beginning to the End
During the age of exploration, the Spaniard Francis Pizarro and his 180 men conquered the whole Incan Civilization. The Incan civilization was at the time the greatest civilization in the western hemisphere, with an army of over 40000 men.
Despite their huge army, the Pizarro’s 180 men could still conquer the whole civilization.

The five main reasons:
Guns
Armor
Disease
Horses
Viracocha (they thought that the Spaniards were their fair-skinned god,Viracocha, returning to take over the throne.

Guns: The Incas had no armor at all that could withstand the bullets, and for them, the guns looked like magic, with one man shooting with a big bang on one place, and another man dying 10 yards away from him.

Armor: Their arrows and spears could not brake through the Spaniards armor.

Disease: The Spaniards came with to the Incas unknown diseases, such as smallpox and colds. Their immune system couldn’t do anything against it, so they died in big piles, making it easier for the Spaniards to conquer their land.

Horses: Horses are indeed were intimidating, and a soldier riding one has a obvious advantage against the Indian soldier.

God: The ruler at the time, Atahualpa, thought that Pizarro was a returning fair skinned god, Viracocha. The prophecy said that Viracocha would come back to seize the throne, deposing Atahualpa. So Atahualpa gave him gold, so Pizarro wouldn’t march into the town, but that only maid Pizarro more interested in conquering the Inca.

All this made the Inca very weak, and therefore easy to conquer, but one other reason were that Pizarro kidnapped Atahualpa, and later killed him, leaving the empire without a leader.


The Inca were one of the greatest civilizations ever, but also one of the civilizations killed by colonists. We can only imagine how the world would be today with them as they were 500 years ago. Spanish culture quickly replaced the Incan, leaving no gold and almost no trace -except the buildings- after the Incas. Nowadays, only a few things are left after the Incas, such as some religious procedures.

Answer 2

According to the book, Book of the Hopies, and Edgar Cayce, the Inca began shortly after the demise of Atlantis, about 20,000 years ago. Since there are still descendants of the Inca, the civilization has not ended.

Answer 3

"The Inca Empire was quite short-lived. It lasted just shy of 100 years, from ca.1438 AD, when the Inca ruler Pachacuti and his army began conquering lands surrounding the Inca heartland of Cuzco, until the coming of the Spaniards in 1532."

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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