Major conflict1438 – 1492 · 54 years
Inca Expansion
South America · Peru · Andes
Inca conquest extended empire from Ecuador to Chile under Pachacuti's successors (1471-1525).
Estimated casualties
300Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
Topa Inca (1471-1493) conquered northern Ecuador and southern Chile territories. Huayna Capac (1493-1525) extended empire to maximal extent but faced succession disputes following his death. Northern expansion incorporated new ethnic groups and facilitated administrative integration.
Why it mattered
Expansion achieved Inca hegemony over the entire Andean region. The expanded empire became the target of Spanish conquest.
Belligerents2
- Inca Empire
- Andean tribes
ON THE MAPInca Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Inca Expansion (1438 – 1492). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/inca-expansion · Sources & methodology