Topa Inca Yupanqui

Túpac (Inca) Yupanqui, in the Peruvian case Tupaq Yupanki or Tupaq Inca Yupanki (also: Thūpa Yupanki, Túpac Yupanqui or Topa Inca Yupanqui, * in Cuzco, † 1493 in Chinchero ), an Incan ruler was at the height of the Inca Empire before the conquest of South America by the Spaniards and ruled from 1471 to 1493 wife:. Mama Ocllo II

Under the reign of his father Pachacuti Yupanqui, he was an exceptional warlord and was therefore Apukispay, leader of the Imperial troops called.

Túpac Yupanqui took over in 1471 as the 10th Inca dominion of the kingdom of his father. Under his leadership, the Inca Empire won the largest expansion. He was the area between Kitu (Quito ) in present-day Ecuador and Santiago in Chile today incorporate the kingdom through conquest.

He captured, among other things, the Kingdom of the Gran Chimú, a highly developed country on the northern coast of present-day Peru. In addition, he defeated in bloody battles with the village Guapondelig around the year 1480, the Canary in the present-day Ecuador. The maximum extent of the empire encompassed approximately an area of ​​985,000 km ².

High dignitaries of the defeated tribes were appointed during his reign to Cuzco and entrusted with important administrative functions. This clever gambit did not only for peace of mind, but let artists, thinkers and scientists to settle.

According to a report by the Spaniard Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, the Incas are said to his reign, possibly even have personally reached Easter Island with a fleet of Túpac Yupanqui Balsaflößen.

After the murder of Tupac Yupanqui, Huayna Capac, his son (1493-1527) ascended the throne as the 11th Inca. Túpac Yupanqui bequeathed to his son a well organized empire and a powerful fighting army of 300,000 men.

• Inca ruler
• Noble
• Born in the 15th century
• Died 1493
• Man