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| Realm of the Four Parts Tawantinsuyu | |
|---|---|
| 1438–1533 | |
 Royal emblem | |
 The empire at its peak in 1525 | |
| Capital | Cusco |
| Official languages | Quechua |
| Government | Absolute monarchy |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,000,000 km² |
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 Spanish invaders in the 16th century.[1]
References
- ↑ Neil Faulkner (2013). A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals: 'The Medieval World' (pp. 72–73). [PDF] Pluto Press. ISBN 9781849648639 [LG]