Inca political administration and road network (15th–16th centuries)

1. Pachacuti begins imperial consolidation at Cusco

   Jan 1, 1438Labels: Pachacuti, Cusco

   • Britannica
   • Pachacuti

2. Tawantinsuyu formalized into four suyus

   Jan 1, 1438Labels: Tawantinsuyu, suyus

   • Smithsonian
   • Pachacuti

3. State-wide quipu accounting supports administration

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: quipu, Inka-bureaucracy

   • Britannica

4. Mit’a labor service powers state infrastructure

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: mit'a, public-works

   • Mit a

5. Qhapaq Ñan reaches peak 15th-century expansion

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Qhapaq an, Andean Road

   • UNESCO

6. Four main routes radiate from Cusco

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Cusco, principal-routes

   • UNESCO

7. Roadside tambos and qullqas support logistics

   Jan 1, 1460Labels: tambo, qullqa

   • UNESCO

8. Túpac Inca Yupanqui becomes Sapa Inca

   Jan 1, 1471Labels: T pac, expansion

   • Topa Inca

9. Huayna Capac succeeds and consolidates imperial extent

   Jan 1, 1493Labels: Huayna Capac, imperial-extent

   • Huayna Capac
   • UNESCO

10. Dynastic crisis after Huayna Capac and Ninan Cuyochi deaths

    Jan 1, 1527Labels: dynastic-crisis, Ninan Cuyochi

    • Huayna Capac
    • Ninan Cuyochi

11. Inca civil war escalates between Huáscar and Atahualpa

    Jan 1, 1532Labels: Hu scar, Atahualpa

    • History Incas
    • Chimborazo

12. Atahualpa captured at Cajamarca

    Nov 16, 1532Labels: Atahualpa, Cajamarca

    • HISTORY
    • Cajamarca

13. Atahualpa executed after ransom

    Aug 29, 1533Labels: Atahualpa, execution

    • HISTORY