Realm of the Four Parts (1438–1533)

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Realm of the Four Parts
Tawantinsuyu
1438–1533
Flag of Realm of the Four Parts
Royal emblem
The empire at its peak in 1525
The empire at its peak in 1525
CapitalCusco
Official languagesQuechua
GovernmentAbsolute 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.[1] It integrated its agricultural system on a national scale and retained communal elements that enabled a good standard of living for its population.[2]

Inca rule was very unpopular, and the empire easily fell to Spanish invaders in the 16th century.[1] The Spanish soon proved to be much more brutal than the Inca rulers and created a feudal system under a colonial viceroy.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein (2020-12-18). "How long will Peru last? History weighs on today’s events" Workers World. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06.