Inca Empire

The real name of the inca empire should be, the Tawantinsuyo empire, because tawantinsuyo was the real name of the nation of the incas; The word tawantinsuyo is a short and complex explanation of how the incas kingdom was divide; The word is divide in three parts Tawa-ntin-suyo, where Tawa means number 4, ntin means things that are together, impossible to divide and suyo means region. So tawantinsuyo can be translated like, the unbreakable country of four regions.

The Tawantinsuyo or inca empire for us, was compose by four regions: The first region was the Chinchaysuyo, located at the north east of Cuzco, it goes up to the river Ancasmayo in Colombia; The second region was the Contisuyo, located at the south west of Cuzco, its territory cover practically the entire Peruvian coast line; The third region was the Collasuyo, located at the south east of Cuzco, covering all the territory of Bolivia and part of Argentina.

The final fourth region was the Antisuyo, located at the north east of Cuzco, its territory was the subtropical valleys, up to the beginning of the Amazon rain forest; The inca culture did not became the inca empire that we know today suddenly, it was centuries of war and political manipulation to create an order, enough self sustainable to be easy to export into new conquered tribes or cultures.

The inca empire that we know today, was forge by the hands of the inca prince Yupanqui, son of the eight inca king Wiracocha; The successful war campaign of the inca prince Yupanqui against the Chancas tribe, make him a national hero, he was the first who insert in the minds of the inca people the idea of country and nation; When the eight inca king Wiracocha died, the inca prince Yupanqui change his name to Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui and became the ninth inca king; This was the beginning of the inca expansion.

The ninth inca king Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1438-1471), his son the tenth inca king Tupac Yupanqui (1471-1493) and his grand son the tenth first inca king Huayna Capac (1493-1525), were the responsible of the creation of the inca empire that we know today, their expansion methods were brutal and merciless, they were driven by a madness thirst of bringing light, civilization, order and the religion of the true only god Wiracocha, creator or the world.

The inca king Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui believe so much, that his actions were the wish of the almighty god Wiracocha, that in one occasion, he send explores to the south border of the kingdom to investigate the possible resistance of a small tribe call the Chiriguanaes; When the explores came back, they say: The tribe has no culture, they are savages; So Pachacutec in a sublime expression of greatness say: Now that we know, that they are animals, we must conquer them and show them how to live like men, because that is the command of the almighty god Wiracocha.

During the years of incas expansion, it were dozens of tribes and cultures that were conquered by the inca empire, cultures like: Chimu in the north coast of Peru, Cuismanko in Cajamarca-Peru, Chachapoyas in Amazonas-Peru, Ychma in Lima-Peru, Yaros in Pasco-Peru, Chincha in the south coast of Peru, Chanca in Ayacucho-Peru, Huancavilcas in Quito, Tumpis in Tumbes-Peru, Chancay in Lima-Peru, Huaylas in Ancash-Peru, Yachas in Huanuco-Peru, Yauyos in Huarochiri-Peru, Pocras in Huanta-Peru, Diagutas in Argentina, Mapuches in Chile, Chiribayas in Moquegua-Peru, just to mention a few.

If we want to interpreted the actions of the inca empire during its expansion, we can compared it with the catholic church, trying to bring god to all the people; Well the incas did believe as well, that they were bringing god to all the savages and putting order in the world, but in that point the incas were more effective than the catholic church, because the inca king was the self proclaim son of god and the supreme general of all armies, fact that make him a living warrior god.

Some investigators believe that the inca empire was still growing and expanding into the entire south american continent, until the spaniards arrive; So some investigators has make a quite interesting thesis, of what could happen if the spaniards did not arrive to south america; The investigators came out with a theory of an extraordinary mayor continental war, in withing the Incas and the Aztecs; It was likely that the incas will win the war, carry on with their expansion into north america.

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