Editing Inca Empire (section)

=== Kingdom of Cuzco ===
{{Main|Kingdom of Cusco}}
[[File:Inca Expansion.svg|thumb|The Inca Empire's expansion according to [[John Howland Rowe]] in his "absolute chronology", developed in 1944–1945.]]

In the early 1200s, under the leadership of Manco Capac, the Inca formed the small city-state [[Kingdom of Cusco|Kingdom of Cuzco]] (Quechua ''Qusqu''). There Manco Capac built a temple to the Sun God, called Inticancha, in the current location of [[Coricancha|Coricancha]]. Over the successive Inca rulers,  they expanded their influence beyond Cusco and into the [[Sacred Valley|Sacred Valley]] through a series of battles, marriages, and alliances.

In 1438, they began a far-reaching expansion under the command of the 9th [[Sapa Inca]] ("paramount leader"), [[Pachacuti|Pachacuti Cusi Yupanqui]] (Pachakutiy Kusi Yupanki), whose epithet ''Pachacuti'' means "the turn of the world".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cerrón-Palomino |first=Rodolfo |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/9789972428562 |title=Voces del Ande: ensayos sobre onomástica andina |date=2008 |publisher=[[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]] |isbn=978-9972-42-856-2 |pages=298 |doi=10.18800/9789972428562 |language=es |trans-title=Words of the Andes: essays on Andean onomastics}}</ref> The name of Pachacuti was given to him after he conquered the tribe of the [[Chancas]] during the [[Chanka–Inca War]] (in modern-day [[Apurímac Region|Apurímac]]). During his reign, he and his son [[Topa Inca Yupanqui|Topa Yupanqui]] (Tupa Yupanki) brought much of the modern-day territory of [[Peru]] under Inca control.<ref name="isbn0-521-31896-3">{{Cite book |last1=Demarest |first1=Arthur Andrew |last2=Conrad |first2=Geoffrey W. |title=Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |date=1984 |pages=57–59 |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=IqecX148zLsC|page=57}} |isbn=0-521-31896-3}}</ref>