The Incas started out as a small tribe living in the Andes Mountains, Peru, at around 1100s. When their ruler, Mayta Qapaq started to conquer neighbouring lands in the 1300s, their tribe started to grow. In the 1400s, Incan armies and officials created the vast Empire. Pachacuti became ruler of the Empire at 1438. His name means "He who shakes the earth". Later, Pachacuti's son, Topa Inca, became emperor of the Empire. When he expanded the Empire, the land expanded into Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, as well as Peru. 12 million people were ruled by him.
The Spanish conquered the Incas in 1532, but the Incas' descendants, the Quecha, still live high up in the Andes, present-day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia. Most Quecha grow only enough food to feed their families, using farming methods very similar to what the Incas used. They still continue to use methods and traditions of the Incas in most activities in their lives. The Inca Empire
This is a map of the Incan Empire when they were most successful. The Incan Empire spread southwards from Peru.
Even though the Incan Empire now is extinct, we can still see some of their architecture, especially in Peru, their origin. A very famous Incan ruin is the Machu Picchu, a city that includes buildings, stairs carved into the side of a hill, and roads cut into bare rock.
Machu Picchu
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