Inca Empire

1438–1533 empire in South America
Organization historical_country Q28573
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Inca Empire

Summary

Inca Empire is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,277 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Inca Empire's religion is recorded as religion in the Inca Empire[3].
  • Inca Empire is on the continent of South America[4].
  • Inca Empire's instance of is recorded as historical country[5].
  • Inca Empire's head of state is recorded as Atahualpa[6].
  • Inca Empire's head of state is recorded as Pachacútec[7].
  • Inca Empire's head of state is recorded as Túpac Inca Yupanqui[8].
  • Inca Empire's head of state is recorded as Huayna Capac[9].
  • Inca Empire's head of state is recorded as Huascar[10].
  • Inca Empire's capital is recorded as Cusco[11].
  • Inca Empire's official language is recorded as Quechua[12].
  • Inca Empire's basic form of government is recorded as absolute monarchy[13].
  • Inca Empire's basic form of government is recorded as imperial cult[14].
  • Inca Empire followed Kingdom of Cusco[15].
  • Inca Empire was followed by Neo-Inca State[16].
  • Inca Empire was followed by Viceroyalty of Peru[17].
  • Inca Empire's Commons category is recorded as Inca Empire[18].
  • 1438 marks the founding of Inca Empire[19].
  • Inca Empire was dissolved in January 1, 1533[20].
  • Inca Empire was dissolved in 1572[21].
  • Inca Empire began on 1438[22].
  • Inca Empire ended on 1533[23].
  • Inca Empire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -13.51666667, 'lon': -71.96666667}[24].
  • Inca Empire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inca Empire[25].
  • Inca Empire's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic:civilization=inca[26].
  • Inca Empire's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Founding

1438 marks the founding of Inca Empire[19].

Identity

Inca Empire followed Kingdom of Cusco[15]. Successors include Neo-Inca State[16] and Viceroyalty of Peru[17].

Dissolution

Dissolution dates include January 1, 1533[20] and 1572[21].

Why It Matters

Inca Empire ranks in the top 1% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,277 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 148 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It is credited with the discovery of anticucho[30], a meal[31].

FAQs

What did Inca Empire discover?

Inca Empire is credited as discoverer of anticucho[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Historiesman · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'ay', 'az', 'azb', 'b
    Sitelink count → 135
    Flag image → Banner of the Inca Empire.svg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P41]]: Banner of the Inca Empire.svg"
  2. 29d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM251606
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM251606, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0426776-incka-rise
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → place/Tahuantinsuyu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0426776-incka-rise, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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