• At its peak, the Inca Empire lasted less than a century before it was destroyed by the Spaniards. In about 1300 the Incas founded their capital city of Cuzco.
  • History's Turning Points: The Conquest of the Incas [History Channel] (25:07 min.) The 4 day Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu, Peru (25:46 min.)
  • Pachacuti and Topa Inca, though hardly household names, are a double generation of conquerors comparable to Philip of Macedon and his son Alexander.
  • It was the main activity in the Inca empire and the Incas became experts in this art, reaching adapt to the terrain and rigorous climate of the Andes.
  • Therefore, the travel experts and Cusco locals of Machu Travel Peru prepared the following article to show the 15 most interesting facts about the Incas.
  • The famous Inca trails crisscross the entire Empire, and legend has it that they made it possible for the Inca in Cusco to catch fresh fish from the Pacific daily.
  • Other stories held the place of origin to be an island in Lake Titicaca, south of Cuzco, from which the Incas were led by Manco north to the valley of Cuzco.
  • The knowledge of these myths is due to oral tradition, since the Incas did not have writing. There probably did exist a Manco Capac who became the leader of his tribe.
  • Before the arrival of any European power, up amongst the Andean clouds, a large imperial state developed in South America: the Inca Empire.