Topa Inca Yupanqui | emperor of Incas | Britannica (original) (raw)
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In pre-Columbian civilizations: Topa Inca Yupanqui About 1471, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui abdicated in favour of his son Topa Inca Yupanqui, thereby ensuring the peaceful succession to the throne. Topa Inca Yupanqui was a great conqueror who was to bring most of the Central Andes region under Inca rule.… Read More
construction on Isla del Sol
In Isla del Sol …temple was probably built by Topa Inca Yupanqui (reigned c. 1471–93), who reputedly occupied the best preserved of the island’s other major sites, the Inca’s Palace (or Pilco Kayma), a two-story, 50- by 43-foot (15- by 13-metre) building with galleries cut from the living stone surrounded by fountains and gardens.… Read More
effect on Chimú
In Chimú …Inca Yupanqui and his son Topa Inca Yupanqui. The Inca absorbed much of the Chimú high culture, including their political organization, irrigation systems, and road engineering, into their own imperial organization. Read More
role in history of
Ecuador
In Ecuador: Pre-Spanish era The conquest was begun by Topa Inca Yupanqui (ruled 1471–93) and extended by his successor, Huayna Capac (ruled 1493–1525), who lived much of his later life in Tomebamba. Although their cultural impact was otherwise spotty, the Inca spread the use of Quichua as a lingua franca and ordered large forced… Read More
Inca
In Inca: History Under Topa Inca Yupanqui (Thupa ’Inka Yupanki; 1471–93) the empire reached its southernmost extent in central Chile, and the last vestiges of resistance on the southern Peruvian coast were eliminated. His death was followed by a struggle for the succession, from which Huayna Capac (Wayna Qhapaq;… Read More
In pre-Columbian civilizations: The Chimú state …of north-coast workmen there, and Topa Inca Yupanqui (Thupa ’Inka Yupanki) appears to have worked out the political organization of the empire at the same time, basing it largely on the Chimú system. Read More
In pre-Columbian civilizations: Internal division and external expansion …was led by another son, Topa Inca Yupanqui (Thupa ’Inka Yupanki), who subjected the territories of the Quechua and the Chanca. Topa Inca Yupanqui marched north through the highlands toward Cajamarca, subduing and pacifying the country as he went. After relieving the garrison at Cajamarca, which was being threatened by… Read More
Peru
In Peru: The Incas ” He and his son Topa Inca Yupanqui may be aptly compared to Philip and Alexander of Macedon. Pachacuti was evidently a great civic planner as well; tradition ascribes to him the city plan of Cuzco as well as the erection of many of the massive masonry buildings that still… Read More
