But military victory was only the first step in the Inca's grand strategy of empire building. Officials next set about establishing civil control. Women waiting for a lift at Abra Málaga wear ...

Pachacuti was an Inca version of Alexander the Great (left), who created a vast empire very rapidly in part by building on the efforts of those who came before him. Yes, you write in your book The ...

The Inca Empire was a vast empire that flourished ... Their “craftsmen fitted building stone together perfectly without using any mortar, such that an object as thin as a razor blade could ...

the Inca mastered numerous building techniques, particularly stone masonry, to construct and manage a thriving empire that ...

Built in the 15th century under the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti, this city was a testament to the empire's power and ...

Photo from Qhapaq Ñan Project The Inca empire, which referred to itself as ... The stone blocks may have been used in building projects almost 200 miles away. A photo shared by the Qhapaq Ñan ...

The Capac Ñan integrated the empire, but also diversified it ... It had the five features of typical Inca road-building, he pointed out: “Walls of containment and retention.