Pachacuti as drawn by Guaman Poma Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec; Quechua Pachakutiq, literally "world-turner", i.e. "world-transformer") was the ninth Sapa Inca (1438-71 CE) of the Kingdom of Cuzco, which he transformed into an empire, Tahuantinsuyu. He began the era of conquest that, within three generations, expanded the Inca dominion from the valley of Cuzco to nearly the whole of civilized South America. He was the fourth of the Hanan dynasty, and his wife's name is given as Mama Anawarkhi. Guaman Poma drawing of Pachacuti (drawn in 1615) File links The following pages link to this file: Pachakutiq Categories: Public domain images ...
Guaman Poma drawing of Pachacuti (drawn in 1615) File links The following pages link to this file: Pachakutiq Categories: Public domain images ...
Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ...
Sapa Inca is the title of the ruler of the Inca Empire. ...
The Church of La Compañía on the Plaza de Armas in Cuzco Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru in the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley), of the Andes mountain range. ...
For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ...
South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
His given name was Cusi Yupanqui. According to many chroniclers, his career began when Cuzco came under attack from the rival Chancas. His father Viracocha abandoned the city, along with the heir apparent Urco. Cusi Yupanqui defended the city and defeated the enemy; then, pushing his brother aside, he proclaimed himself Inca. (Some chroniclers, confusingly, assign this deed to Viracocha instead.) Viracocha (Quechua Wiraqocha, the name of a god) was the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around 1410) and the third of the Hanan dynasty. ...
In the early part of his reign, he established Inca control over a swath of the Andes from north of modern Lima to Lake Titicaca. In 1463, as was common with the Incas, he put his son Tupac Inca in charge of the Inca army. Tupac Inca continued to conquer territiories to the north, reaching what is now Ecuador by his father's death in 1471. Tourists aboard a totora boat made of reeds on Lake Titicaca. ...
Drawing of Tupac Inca Yupanqui by Guaman Poma (1615) Tupac Inca Yupanqui was head of the Inca army from 1463 through 1471 and became the second Inca of Tahuantinsuyu after his fathers death in 1471. ...
Meanwhile, Pachacuti reorganized the new empire, the Tahuantinsuyu or "the united four provinces". Under his system, there were four apos that each controlled one of four provinces (suyu). Below these governors were t'oqrikoq, or local leaders, who ran a city, valley, or mine. By the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru, each apo had around 15 t'oqrikoq below him, but we can assume there were fewer when Pachacuti first organized this system. He also established a separate chain of command for the army and priesthood to establish a system of checks and balances on power. There lies Peru with its riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. ...
The doctrine and practice of dispersing political power and creating mutual accountability between political entities such as the courts, the president or prime minister, the legislature, and the citizens. ...
He rebuilt much of Cuzco, designing it to serve the needs of an imperial city, and indeed as a representation of the empire. There was a sector of the city for each suyu, centering on the road leading to that province; nobles and immigrants lived in the sector corresponding to their origin. Each sector was further divided into areas for the hanan (upper) and hurin (lower) moieties. The Inca and his family lived in the center; the more prestigious a noble was, the closer he lived to the center. Look up moiety in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Despite Pachacuti's political and military talents, he did not improve upon the system of choosing the next Inca. His son became the next Inca without any known dispute, but in future generations the next Inca had to gain control of the empire by winning enough support from the apos, priesthood, and military to either win a civil war or intimidate anyone else from trying to wrest control of the empire.
Machu Picchu is believed to date to the time of Pachacuti. View of Machu Picchu Machu Picchu (Quechua: Old Mountain; sometimes called the Lost City of the Incas) is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge, at an elevation of about 2,350 m (7,710 ft). ...
In Quechua Pachakutiq means he who changes the world. He certainly turned his little hamlet into an empire that could compete with the Chimu, and would eventually incorporate them within the Inca empire. The Chimú were the residents of Chimor with its capital at the city of Chan Chan in the Moche valley of Peru. ...
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