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{{Infobox country|name=Realm of the Four Parts|native_name=Tawantinsuyu|image_flag=Suntur Paucar.svg|capital=Cusco|government_type=Absolute monarchy|life_span=1438–1533|flag_type=Royal emblem|image_map=Tawantinsuyu map.svg|map_width=260|map_caption=The empire at its peak in 1525|official_languages=Quechua|area_km2=2,000,000}} | {{Infobox country|name=Realm of the Four Parts|native_name=Tawantinsuyu|image_flag=Suntur Paucar.svg|capital=Cusco|government_type=Absolute monarchy|life_span=1438–1533|flag_type=Royal emblem|image_map=Tawantinsuyu map.svg|map_width=260|map_caption=The empire at its peak in 1525|official_languages=Quechua|area_km2=2,000,000}} | ||
The '''Inca Empire''', officially the '''Realm of the Four Parts''', was a precolonial state in [[South America]]. It relied on a large professional army and an administrative bureaucracy. Despite only having Stone Age [[means of production]], it was able to construct a 40,000-km road system and large monuments such as Machu Picchu. | The '''Inca Empire''', officially the '''Realm of the Four Parts''', was a precolonial state in [[South America]]. It relied on a large professional army and an administrative bureaucracy. Despite only having Stone Age [[means of production]], it was able to construct a 40,000-km road system and large monuments such as Machu Picchu. Inca rule was very oppressive and unpopular, and the empire easily fell to [[Crown of Castile (1230–1715)|Spanish]] invaders in the 16th century.<ref name=":0222">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=The Medieval World|page=72–73|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref> | ||
Inca rule was very unpopular, and the empire easily fell to [[ | |||
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