This episode traces the Hanan Cusco line of the Sapa Inca from its origins in a modest Cusco besieged by the Chanka, through Cusi Yupanqui's defense of the city and his rise as Pachacuti, who reshaped Cusco and the Qorikancha and set the dynasty on the path to empire. It then follows the expansion of Tawantinsuyu, with its roads, quipu records, and mitmaqkuna resettlements, and the rivalries over succession that undermined the court. The story closes with the civil war between Huáscar and Atahualpa, the capture and execution of Atahualpa at Cajamarca, and the 1572 execution of Túpac Amaru at Vilcabamba, which ended the line. It ends by considering the surviving architecture, festivals, and Andean memory of the dynasty.
More: https://thelineagearchive.com/dynasty/sapa-inca-dynasty
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