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The Inca Empire: 15th And 16th Century

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The Inca Empire was one of the largest and richest empires in the Americas during the 15th and 16th century. This empire arose from a small group of Quechua speaking people, otherwise known as Inca’s, and built the largest imperial state in the western hemisphere. This state of around 10 million subjects, alongside the Andes mountains, held most of the Andean civilization in their time while simultaneously growing quick and prosperous in relation to their respective regions. The Incas drew from early Andean cultures and chose a more controlling, governing approach. At the top rained the emperor who governed state officials as well as the locals of the state. Every province in the Inca Empire had an Inca governor and although land and resources
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