The Inca Empire (or Inka Empire) was the largest empire in
pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in
Cuzco. The Inca Empire arose from the highlands of
Peru sometime in early
13th century. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas used a variety of methods, from conquest to peaceful assimilation, to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the
Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern
Ecuador,
Peru, western and south central
Bolivia, northwest
Argentina, north and north-central
Chile, and southern
Colombia. The Incas identified their king as "child of the sun."
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