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Incas

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  1. A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the Inca Empire.


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In the mid-16th century, however, Spanish conquistadors had defeated the Incas in Bolivia, and the Sapa Inca’s size pales in comparison with the figures in the painting’s lower third.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“There’s a mystical weirdness about the place that is so cool,” Glasnow said of the ancient stone-walled structures of the Lost City of the Incas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

From there the Princess will head to Qoricancha, or “The Golden Temple” in Quechua language, considered the most important - and most sacred - temple by the Incas.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Today, we know that de la Vega’s vision of the Incas was idealized.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

When we in the United States think of the most populous New World societies existing in 1492, only those of the Aztecs and the Incas tend to come to our minds.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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