This is a map of the Incan Empire.
One of the largest as well as richest empires in the Americas was ruled
by a South American people called Incas. Around 1438 the empire began to
expand, it covered a bast amount of land and was centered on the capital
which was located in southern Peru. Two thousand five hundred miles of
the western coast of South America was covered by the Incan Empire. Parts
of present day Ecuador, Columbia, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile were
included in this area. In 1532 shortly after their arrival the Spanish
forces conquered the Incan Empire.
A complex political system was used by the emperor to rule his far reaching
territory. Military force was used by the Incas to take over many regions.
A balance between local rulers and the center authority of the emperor
was kept by the political system. The original title of the emperor was
Inca, but after the Spanish conquest everyone who was under the rule of
the emperor was known as Inca.
