Editing Manco Cápac (section)

== Biography ==
=== Origin ===
Manco Cápac was born in Tamputoco, which according to some<ref>Pedro Cortázar, ''Documental del Perú: Cusco'', p. 148</ref> is located in the present-day [[Paruro Province|province of Paruro]], in Peru. The city usually served as a refuge for many people escaping the [[Aymara people|Aymaran]] invasions<ref>Soriano, 1990, p. 36</ref> of the [[Altiplano]]. His father was named Apu Tambo.<ref name="father" /> Manco Cápac and his family lived a nomadic lifestyle.<ref name="LosIncas47">Soriano, 1990, p. 47</ref>

=== Foundation of Cusco ===
[[File:Colcampata.jpg|thumb|260px|Walls of Colcampata, which served as Manco Capac's palace.]]

After the death of his father, Manco Capac had to succeed him as the head of the [[ayllu]], to which belonged several dozens of families.<ref>Soriano, 1990, p. 41</ref> The members of the ayllu were nomads, and the trajectory of their journeys through the Altiplano resembles the journey described in the legend of the Ayar brothers. Upon arriving in the Cusco valley, they defeated three small tribes that lived there; the Sahuares, Huallas and Alcahuisas,<ref name=LosIncas47 /> and then settled in a swampy area between two small streams, that today corresponds with the [[Plaza de Armas (Cusco)|main plaza]] of the city of [[Cusco]].<ref>Incan city of Cusco, [http://ciudadinca.perucultural.org.pe/mcapac.htm, ''The foundation and actions of the Manco Capac government''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602042501/http://ciudadinca.perucultural.org.pe/mcapac.htm |language=es |date=2 June 2011}}</ref> The recently founded city was divided into four districts; Chumbicancha, Quinticancha, Sairecancha and Yarambuycancha.<ref>[[Víctor Anglés Vargas]], ''Historia del Cusco incaico'', p. 290</ref>

Manco Cápac's tribe, or ayllu, only occupied a small fraction of the Cusco valley, the rest of it being inhabited by larger and more powerful tribes, who often would threaten the city. Located north of the city there was a confederated lordship of [[Ayarmaca]]s and Pinaguas. All these tribes regarded Manco Cápac and his ayllu as invaders and would often attack them. Manco Cápac, and later his son and successor [[Sinchi Roca]], would often have to defend the city against the other tribes.<ref>Soriano, 1990, p. 51</ref>

=== Death ===
[[File:Templo del Sol Titicaca.jpg|thumb|260px|Temple on [[Isla del Sol]] (as seen in 1887) where the mummified body of Manco Cápac came to rest.]]

Manqu Qhapaq died of a natural death and left his son, Sinchi Roca, as his successor in Cusco. His body was [[mummy|mummified]] and remained in the city until the reign of [[Pachacuti]], who ordered its removal to the Temple of the Sun on [[Isla del Sol]]. In Cusco there remained only a statue erected in his honor.