terms for Sapa Inca include Apu ("divinity"), Qhapaq Inka ("mighty Inca"), or simply Sapa ("the only one"). Chronicles identify the Inca as the highest...

The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq Ñan meaning "royal road" in Quechua) was the most extensive and advanced transportation...

Notable features of the Inca Empire included its monumental architecture, especially stonework, extensive road network (Qhapaq Ñan) reaching all corners...

his son was Huayna Capac.: 93  Topa Inca belonged to the Qhapaq panaca (one of the clans of Inca nobles). His qoya (principal wife) was his older sister...

Sapa Incas adding epithets and titles when addressing them, such as Wayna Qhapaq Inka Sapa'lla Tukuy Llaqt'a Uya "Unique Sovereign Wayna Qhapaq Listener...

the Incas assimilated Yaros within Tahuantinsuyo, the god Yana Raman was renewed as the god Illapa. Mama Uqllu was the sister and wife of Manqu Qhapaq. She...

Qhapaq, "the royal founder"), also known as Manco Inca and Ayar Manco, was, according to some historians, the first governor and founder of the Inca civilization...

Picchu Salcantay trek Tourism in Peru The Chilean Inca Trail Inca road system Qhapaq Ñan trail "Inca Trail Porters". Retrieved January 18, 2019. Responsible...

Tawantinsuyu ( "four parts together"; fig. "land of the four quarters") or Inca Empire was a centralized bureaucracy. It drew upon the administrative forms...

(around 1515 – 1544) (Manco Inca Yupanqui in Spanish) was the founder and monarch (Sapa Inca) of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although...

Quispe Yupanki, and gave the throne to Inca Roca, son of another of Qhapaq Yupankiʻs wives, Cusi Chimbo. Inca Roca moved his palace into the hurin section...

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). Often referred...

Qhapaq Yupanki Inka (Quechua Qhapaq Yupanki Inka, "splendid accountant Inca") (c. 1320 – c. 1350) was the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning...

"Qhapaq Ñan" (Inca Road), Quechua for “the Way of the Lord”, was largely used and constructed across the Inca Empire, for both the nobility and Inca state...

Mayta Qhapaq (Quechua Mayta Qhapaq Inka) (c. 1290 – c. 1320) was the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around 1290 CE) and a member...

networks, cultivated terraces, roads and hospices. The "Road of the Inca" (Qhapaq Ñan) stretched from Quito to Chile. Pachacuti is also credited with...

began with Qhapaq Raymi, the magnificent festival. The Qhapaq Raymi was the first and biggest festival of the year. During this festival, Inca boys went...

proteger pronto Patrimonio Mundial Qhapaq Ñan". Intendencia de Antofagasta. Retrieved 15 November 2012. "Camino del Inca Inca de Oro - Chañaral Alto". Geovirtual...

spellings Capac cocha, Capaccocha, Capacocha, also qhapaq ucha) was an important sacrificial rite among the Inca that typically involved the sacrifice of children...

four suys (or provinces) of the Inca empire. Molina does not mention the Tumipampa Ayllu, the panaca of Wayna Qhapaq. Panacas from the Hurin Qusco moiety:: 177–178 ...

the buildings with the greatest presence throughout the Inca Empire. The Inca trail (Qhapaq Ñan) had 20 or 30 km distant tambos (a journey on foot) from...

Qhapaq Kancha (Quechua qhapaq noble, principal, mighty, kancha corral, "principal corral", hispanicized spelling Ccapac Cancha) is an archaeological site...

Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded...

to a story that he was abducted as a child by the Sinchi (Warlord) Tokay Qhapaq of the Ayarmaca nation, crying tears of blood over his predicament. He eventually...

happened annually. Inca administration constructed and renovated very complex ancient networks of roads and bridges, known as Qhapaq Ñan, in order to improve...

The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located...

1576 on the foundations of the Amarucancha or the palace of the Inca ruler Wayna Qhapaq, is considered one of the best examples of colonial baroque style...

the Incas (Spanish: Valle Sagrado de los Incas; Quechua: Willka Qhichwa), or the Urubamba Valley, is a valley in the Andes of Peru, north of the Inca capital...

(burying alive). The ritual sacrifice called Capacocha (or Qhapaq hucha) was a key component to the Inca Empire. This ritual, which usually involved the sacrifice...

soldiers, being recruited in large numbers by Wayna Qhapaq for northern campaigns. During Wayna Qhapaq's wars in modern-day Ecuador, the Guarani-speaking...