In time, the inca built an empire that spanned the pacific coast as far south as argentina and as far north as ecuador, some 2,000 miles of hills, mountains, valleys and coastline. About 1471, pachacuti inca yupanqui abdicated in favour of his son topa inca yupanqui, thereby ensuring the peaceful succession to the throne. Philip ainsworth means in memory of philip ainsworth means, 47. A bitter civil war between half brothers huascar and atahuallpa stretched the empire.
Atoc, huascar, manco inca yupanqui, ninan cuyochi, paullu inca, quispe sisa, tupac huallpa. Atahualpa was the final independent inca sovereign. Atahualpa agreed to be baptized into the christian faith. Although he initially worked with the spanish who had put him on the throne of the inca empire, he later came to realize that the spanish would usurp the empire and fought against them. Beginning with the ninth ruler, pachacuti inca yupanqui, the inca began their. Tupac yupanqui, huayna capac, huascar inca, atahuallpa, early 19th century. When pachacuti, the 9th sapa inca ruled, he expanded the empire to northern peru. Topa inca yupanqui was a great conqueror who was to bring most of the.
The large army had been in the north near quito subjugating smaller tribes into the empire. Atahuallpa was succeeded by his brother, the puppet inca tupac huallpa, and later by another brother manco inca yupanqui. The spanish killed thousands of atahualpas counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of cajamarca, and caused his. The inca civil war, also known as the inca dynastic war, the inca war of succession, or, sometimes, the war of the two. Object metadata can change over time, please check the brooklyn museum object record for the latest information. Huascar inca and atahuallpa sons of huayna capac incorporated only. The inca ceevilization arose frae the heichlands o peru sometime in the early t century, an the last inca stranghauld wis conquered bi the spainyie in 1572. Huascar, inca chieftain, legitimate heir to the inca empire, who lost his inheritance and. He succeeded his father, huayna capac, and his brother ninan cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near quito 112,117119 biography. Yahuar huacac yupanqui, seventh inca, 1 of 14 portraits of inca kings, mid 18th century. Paullu inca 15181549 was a puppet sapa inca installed by the spaniards after the previous sapa inca, manco inca yupanqui, rebelled against the spanish and established the small neo inca state in vilcabamba. The dramatic life and death of atahualpa, the last emperor.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Genealogy for atahualpa capac yupanqui, xi inca 1500 1533 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living. Manco capac, atahualpa, pachacutec, tupac yupanqui, capac yupanqui, huayna capac, sinchi roca, sapa inca, huascar books online at best prices in india from. Atahualpa capac yupanqui, xi inca 1500 1533 genealogy geni. The imperial phase began with reign of pachakuti inca yupanqui ca 1438 ad and. Manco inca 15161544 was an inca prince and later a puppet ruler of the inca empire under the spanish. Atahualpa, however, had the loyalty of the large inca professional army and three outstanding generals. The battle of cajamarca also spelled cajamalca though many contemporary scholars prefer to call it massacre of cajamarca was the ambush and seizure of the inca ruler atahualpa by a small spanish force led by francisco pizarro, on november 16, 1532.
He was given the name juan santos atahualpa and then was strangled with a garrote instead of being burned. Atahualpa biography facts, childhood, family life, achievements. This page was last edited on 4 october 2019, at 00. In 1532, however, atahualpa was taken captive by a small spanish force of 200 men under the conquistador francisco.
While the supporters of atahualpa mourned his death, allies of huascar cheered his. The inca empire, originally referred to as tahuantinsuyo in the ancient quechua language, was the largest empire in precolumbian america. Tawantinsuyu wis the lairgest empire in precolumbian americae. Manco capac, atahualpa, pachacutec, tupac yupanqui, capac yupanqui, huayna capac, sinchi roca, sapa inca, huascar online of indias largest online book store, only genuine products. Precolumbian civilizations topa inca yupanqui britannica. Portrait of four inca kings tupac yupanqui, huayna capac, huascar inca, atahuallpa. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Tupaq inka yupanki literally noble inca accountant was the tenth sapa inca 147193 ce of the inca empire, and fifth of the hanan dynasty. At this point, pachacuti sent his son tupac inca yupanqui to invade and.
Huascar succeeded his father in 1525 but was given only p. This and other events such as the massacre of atahualpa led manco inca to believe that the. Portrait of four inca kings tupac yupanqui, huayna capac. Topa inca yupanqui was a great conqueror who was to bring most of the central andes region under inca rule. Considering the power they had centuries ago and the living legacy left behind, its worth taking a closer look at the inca leaders who directed this great society. The inca ruler, atahualpa, is one of the key figures in the history of the european colonialization of south america. In just a short time roughly 100 years, the incan empire dominated south america and is, to this day, considered one of the finest empires the world has ever known. After the glorious rise of pachacuti and his son, topa inca, the empire began to erode under a series of internal and external disasters. Huascar initiated the war because he saw himself as the rightful heir to the kingdom of all the incas. A bitter civil war between half brothers huascar and atahuallpa stretched the empire to the breaking point. One story is that huascar was named after a huge gold chain that. The admeenistrative, poleetical an militar centre o the empire wis locatit in cusco in modrenday peru. Back to the list of civilizations the inca are a playable civ in the conquests.