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| 1471 |
| | Topa succeeds his father, Pachacuti, as emperor of the Incas | |
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| 1487 |
| | The Inca empire is extended to the north and a second capital is established at Quito | |
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| 1493 |
| | On Topa's death his son Huayna Capac succeeds to the throne as Inca emperor | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | Even the remote city of Machu Picchu, on its peak above the jungle, is built in the massively precise Inca style of masonry | |
| | Machu Picchu Photograph Josceline Dimbleby
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| c. 1500 |
| | The female mamakuna and the male yanakuna are selected in childhood to serve the Inca state | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | The Inca empire has about 25,000 miles of well-serviced roads, designed for caravans of llamas | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | In Cuzco's great temple, the sacrifices are usually of llamas, occasionally of humans | |
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| 1525 |
| | The Inca emperor, Huayna Capac, dies in an epidemic of a western disease, smallpox | |
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| 1525 |
| | Ruling respectively from Cuzco and Quito, Huáscar and Atahualpa compete for the empire of their father, Huayna Capac | |
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| 1530 |
| | Francisco Pizarro sails from Panama to attempt the conquest of Peru | |
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