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1438 CE – 1533 CE
Inca Empire
The largest empire in pre-Columbian America, masters of mountain engineering.
Timeline
1438 CE
Empire expands
Pachacuti transforms the Inca into a vast empire.
c. 1450 CE
Machu Picchu built
A royal estate rises high in the Andes.
1533 CE
Spanish conquest
The empire falls to Pizarro and disease.