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The Inca army (Quechua: Inka Awqaqkuna) was the multi-ethnic armed forces used by the Tawantin Suyu to expand its empire and defend the sovereignty of the Sapa Inca in its territory.[1]

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  1. 130 relations: Airflow, Alpaca, Andén, Andean civilizations, Andes, Antisuyu, Arquebus, Arrow poison, Atoc, Axe, Ayllu, Aymara people, Barracks, Battalion, Battle of Ollantaytambo, Bolas, Bolivia, Bow and arrow, Brigadier general, Bronze, Captain (armed forces), Cavalry, Chachapoya culture, Chalcuchima, Chanka, Chasqui, Chimor, Chincha culture, Chinchay Suyu, Chuño, Club (weapon), Coca, Colonel, Conch, Cusco, Dagger, Decimal, Defensive wall, Dirk, Drummer (military), Enclosure (archaeology), Feather, Field army, Field marshal, Fire arrow, Fortified tower, Gable, Gable roof, Garrison, Goods, ... Expand index (80 more) »

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Airflow

Airflow, or air flow, is the movement of air.

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Alpaca

The alpaca (Lama pacos) is a species of South American camelid mammal.

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Andén

An andén (plural andenes), Spanish for "platform", is a stair-step like terrace dug into the slope of a hillside for agricultural purposes.

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Andean civilizations

The Andean civilizations were South American complex societies of many indigenous people.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Antisuyu

Antisuyu (Antisuyo) was the eastern part of the Inca Empire which bordered on the modern-day Upper Amazon region which the Anti inhabited.

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Arquebus

An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.

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Arrow poison

Arrow poisons are used to poison arrow heads or darts for the purposes of hunting and warfare.

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Atoc

Atoc (Quechua for "fox") was an Inca prince, general and brother of the Inca emperor Huáscar.

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Axe

An axe (sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.

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Ayllu

The ayllu, a family clan, is the traditional form of a community in the Andes, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras.

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Aymara people

The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.

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Barracks

Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Battle of Ollantaytambo

The Battle of Ollantaytambo (Batalla de Ollantaytambo) took place in January 1537, between the forces of Inca emperor Manco Inca and a Spanish expedition led by Hernando Pizarro during the Spanish conquest of Peru.

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Bolas

Bolas or bolases (bola; from Spanish and Portuguese bola, "ball", also known as a boleadora or boleadeira) is a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, used to capture animals by entangling their legs.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Bow and arrow

The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Chachapoya culture

The Chachapoyas, also called the "Warriors of the Clouds", was a culture of the Andes living in the cloud forests of the southern part of the Department of Amazonas of present-day Peru.

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Chalcuchima

Chalcuchima (originally written Challcochima or Challcuchima, also called Chalcuchímac, Calcuchímac or Challkuchimaq in modern sources; born in the latter part of the 15th century; died Cajamarca, Peru, 1533) was, along with Quizquiz and Rumiñawi one of the leading Inca generals of the north and a supporter of Atahualpa, for whom he had won five battles against the Spaniards.

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Chanka

The Chanka people (or Chanca) are a Quechua people ethnic group living in the regions of Apurímac, Ayacucho and Lamas of Peru.

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Chasqui

A chasqui (also spelled chaski) was a messenger of the Inca empire.

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Chimor

Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor or Chimú Empire) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture.

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Chincha culture

The Chincha culture (or Ica-Chincha culture) was the culture of a Native Peruvian people living near the Pacific Ocean in south west Peru.

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Chinchay Suyu

Chinchay Suyu or Chinchasuyu (Chinchaysuyo) was the northwestern provincial region of the Tawantin Suyu, or Inca Empire.

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Chuño

() is a preserved potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Northwest Argentina.

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Club (weapon)

A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon since prehistory.

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Coca

Coca is any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Conch

Conch is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails.

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Cusco

Cusco or Cuzco (Qusqu or Qosqo) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river.

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Dagger

A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon.

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Decimal

The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system and denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Dirk

A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger.

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Drummer (military)

A drummer was responsible for the army drums for use on the battlefield. Inca army and drummer (military) are army history.

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Enclosure (archaeology)

In archaeology, an enclosure is one of the most common types of archaeological site – It is any area of land separated from surrounding land by earthworks, walls or fencing.

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Feather

Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs.

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Field army

A field army (also known as numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps.

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Field marshal

Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior to the rank of Generalissimo.

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Fire arrow

Fire arrows were one of the earliest forms of weaponized gunpowder, being used from the 9th century onward.

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Fortified tower

A fortified tower (also defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as castles, along with curtain walls.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Gable roof

A gable roof is a roof consisting of two sections whose upper horizontal edges meet to form its ridge.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Goods

In economics, goods are items that satisfy human wantsQuotation from Murray Milgate, 2008, "Goods and Commodities".

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Halberd

A halberd (also called halbard, halbert or Swiss voulge) is a two-handed polearm that came to prominent use from the 13th to 16th centuries.

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History of the Incas

The Incas were most notable for establishing the Inca Empire which was centered in modern-day South America in Peru and Chile.

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Huayna Capac

Huayna Capac (before 14931527) was the third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire.

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Huchuy Qosqo

Huchuy Qosqo, (also spelled Yuchuy Cuzco), is an Incan archaeological site north of Cuzco, Peru.

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Hunting weapon

Hunting weapons are weapons designed or used primarily for hunting game animals for food or sport, as distinct from defensive weapons or weapons used primarily in warfare.

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Inca agriculture

Inca agriculture was the culmination of thousands of years of farming and herding in the high-elevation Andes mountains of South America, the coastal deserts, and the rainforests of the Amazon basin.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.

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Inca road system

The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq ÑanQhapaq.

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Inca society

The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in Peru.

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Inca technology

Inca technology includes devices, technologies and construction methods used by the Inca people of western South America (between the 1100s and their conquest by Spain in the 1500s), including the methods Inca engineers used to construct the cities and road network of the Inca Empire.

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Indian auxiliaries

Indian auxiliaries, also known as Indios amigos, were those indigenous peoples of the Americas who allied with Spain and fought alongside the conquistadors during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Juan de Velasco

Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche (1727–1792) was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito.

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Kuraka

A kuraka (Quechua for the principal governor of a province or a communal authority in the Tawantinsuyu), or curaca (Hispanicized spelling), was an official of the andean civilizations, unified by the Inca Empire in 1438, who held the role of magistrate, on several hierarchical levels, from the Sapa Inca at the head of the Empire to local family units. Inca army and kuraka are inca Empire.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Litter (vehicle)

The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people.

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Llama

The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era.

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Lodging

Lodging refers to the use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space or sometimes through some other arrangement.

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Mace (bludgeon)

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Manco Inca Yupanqui

Manqu Inka Yupanki (Quechua) (around 15151544) (Manco Inca Yupanqui in Spanish) was the founder and monarch (Sapa Inca) of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although he was originally a puppet Inca Emperor installed by the Spaniards. He was also known as "Manco II" and "Manco Cápac II".

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Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.

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Military campaign

A military campaign is large-scale long-duration significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of interrelated military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war.

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Military government

A military government is any government that is administered by a military, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue or by an occupying power.

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Military organization

Military organization (AE) or military organisation (BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as a national defense policy may require.

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Mit'a

Mit'a was mandatory service in the society of the Inca Empire. Inca army and Mit'a are inca Empire.

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Mitma

Mitma was a policy of forced resettlement employed by the Incas.

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Moche culture

The Moche civilization (alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.

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Neo-Inca State

The Neo-Inca State, also known as the Neo-Inca state of Vilcabamba, was the Inca state established in 1537 at Vilcabamba by Manco Inca Yupanqui (the son of Inca emperor Huayna Capac).

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Orda (organization)

An orda (also ordu, ordo, or ordon) or horde was a historical sociopolitical and military structure found on the Eurasian Steppe, usually associated with the Turkic and Mongol peoples.

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Pachacuti

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacútec (Pachakutiy Inka Yupanki), was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu).

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Palace

A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Paramonga

Paramonga was an important city constructed at the border of the former Kingdom of Chimor in Peru during the late Intermediate Period (AD 1200 to 1400), whose capital was the metropolis of Chan Chan.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Pedro Cieza de León

Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c. 1518 or 1520 – Seville, Spain July 2, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán.

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Peruvian Army

The Peruvian Army (Ejército del Perú, abbreviated EP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and integrity of national territory on land through military force.

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Plaza de Armas (Cusco)

The Plaza de Armas of Cusco is located in the city of Cusco, Peru. Inca army and Plaza de Armas (Cusco) are inca Empire.

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Pre-Columbian era

In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492.

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Pukara

Pukara (Aymara and Quechuan "fortress", Hispanicized spellings pucara, pucará) is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic and historic inhabitants of the central Andean area (from Ecuador to central Chile and northwestern Argentina). In some cases, these sites acted as temporary fortified refuges during periods of increased conflict, while other sites show evidence for permanent occupation.

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Quechuan languages

Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.

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Quena

The quena (hispanicized spelling of Quechua qina, sometimes also written kena in English) is the traditional flute of the Andes.

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Quipu

Quipu (also spelled khipu) are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the region of Andean South America.

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Quito

Quito (Kitu), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area.

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Quizquiz

Quizquiz or Quisquis was, along with Chalcuchimac and Rumiñawi, one of Atahualpa's leading generals.

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Qullasuyu

Qullasuyu (Quechua and Aymara spelling,; Collasuyu, Kholla Suyu; Collasuyo) was the southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire.

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Qullqa

A qullqa ("deposit, storehouse"; (spelling variants: colca, collca, qolca, qollca) was a storage building found along roads and near the cities and political centers of the Inca Empire. These were large stone buildings with roofs thatched with "ichu" grass, or what is known as Peruvian feathergrass (Jarava ichu). Inca army and qullqa are inca Empire.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Rumiñawi (Inca warrior)

Rumiñawi, born late 15th century in present-day Ecuador, died June 25, 1535, was a general during the Inca Civil War.

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Sacsayhuamán

Sacsayhuamán, often spelled Sacsahuaman or Saqsaywaman (from Quechua Saqsaywaman (pukara) '(fortress) of the royal falcon or hawk'), is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the Inca Empire.

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Sapa Inca

The Sapa Inca (from Quechua Sapan Inka) was the monarch of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State.

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Scaling (geometry)

In affine geometry, uniform scaling (or isotropic scaling) is a linear transformation that enlarges (increases) or shrinks (diminishes) objects by a scale factor that is the same in all directions.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (Sgt) is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.

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Siege of Cusco

The 10-month siege of Cusco by the Inca army under the command of Sapa Inca Manco Inca Yupanqui started on 6 May 1536 and ended in March 1537.

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Siku (instrument)

Siku (antara, siku, also "sicu," "sicus," "zampolla" or Spanish zampoña) is a traditional Andean panpipe.

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Sinchi Roca

Sinchi Roca, Sinchi Rocca, Cinchi Roca (in Hispanicized spellings), Sinchi Ruq'a or Sinchi Ruq'a Inka (Quechua for "valorous generous Inca") was the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around 1230 CE, though as early as 1105 CE according to some) and a member of the Hurin dynasty (first dynasty).

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Sling (weapon)

A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to hand-throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "sling-bullet".

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Soldier

A soldier is a person who is a member of an army.

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Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire

The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Inca army and Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire are inca Empire.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976.

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Spear-thrower

A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl (pronounced or; Nahuatl ahtlatl) is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart or javelin-throwing, and includes a bearing surface that allows the user to store energy during the throw.

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Sword

A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting.

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Tambo (Inca structure)

A tambo (Quechua: tampu, "inn") was an Inca structure built for administrative and military purposes.

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Túpac Amaru

Tupaq Amaru or Thupa Amaru (14 April 154524 September 1572) (first name also spelled Túpac, Tupac, Topa, Tupaq, Thupaq, Thupa, last name also spelled Amaro instead of Amaru) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire.

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Theocratic Government

Theocratic Government is a form of Ecclesiastical polity that has been historically associated with the teachings of A.J. Tomlinson and Grady R. Kent.

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Tinya

The tinya (Quechua)Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) or kirki (Quechua) is a percussion instrument, a small handmade drum of leather which is used in the traditional music of the Andean region, particularly Peru.

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Titanostrombus galeatus

Titanostrombus galeatus, commonly known as the Eastern Pacific giant conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs and their allies.

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Topa Inca Yupanqui

Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui ('Tupaq Inka Yupanki'), also Topa Inga Yupangui, translated as "noble Inca accountant," (before 14711493) was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty.

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Tumbaga

Tumbaga is the name given by Spanish Conquistadors for a non-specific alloy of gold and copper, and metals composed of these elements.

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Tumi

Tumi (''Quechua'' for 'Knife', variants: 'Tome', 'Tume'), is a generic term encompassing the many kinds of sharp tools utilized in pre- and post-colonial eras of the Central Andes region, Tumis were employed for a diverse set of purposes such as kitchen knives, agricultural tools, warrior or hunting secondary weapons, sacrificial knives, barber implements, pendants, or medical tools.

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Turret (architecture)

In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle.

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Viceroyalty of Peru

The Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru, was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima.

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Viracocha

Viracocha (also Wiraqocha, Huiracocha; Quechua Wiraqucha) is the great creator deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America.

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Warachikuy

During the Inca Empire Warachikuy (Quechua) was a ceremony where young men, after undergoing various tests of skill and valor, could receive the official status of an adult man.

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Wari Empire

The Wari Empire or Huari Empire was a political formation that emerged around 600 AD (CE) in Peru's Ayacucho Basin and grew to cover much of coastal and highland Peru.

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Warrior

A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.

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Yanantin

Yanantin is one of the defining characteristics of native Andean thought and exemplifies Andean adherence to a philosophical model based in what is often referred to as a "dualism of complementary terms" or, simply, a “complementary dualism".

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See also

Army history

Inca Empire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_army

Also known as Incan army.

, Guerrilla warfare, Halberd, History of the Incas, Huayna Capac, Huchuy Qosqo, Hunting weapon, Inca agriculture, Inca Empire, Inca road system, Inca society, Inca technology, Indian auxiliaries, Juan de Velasco, Kuraka, Lieutenant, Lieutenant colonel, Litter (vehicle), Llama, Lodging, Mace (bludgeon), Major general, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Metallurgy, Military campaign, Military government, Military organization, Mit'a, Mitma, Moche culture, Neo-Inca State, Officer (armed forces), Orda (organization), Pachacuti, Palace, Paramonga, Parapet, Pedro Cieza de León, Peruvian Army, Plaza de Armas (Cusco), Pre-Columbian era, Pukara, Quechuan languages, Quena, Quipu, Quito, Quizquiz, Qullasuyu, Qullqa, Reconnaissance, Rock (geology), Rumiñawi (Inca warrior), Sacsayhuamán, Sapa Inca, Scaling (geometry), Sergeant, Siege of Cusco, Siku (instrument), Sinchi Roca, Sling (weapon), Soldier, Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, Spanish Empire, Spear-thrower, Sword, Tambo (Inca structure), Túpac Amaru, Theocratic Government, Tinya, Titanostrombus galeatus, Topa Inca Yupanqui, Tumbaga, Tumi, Turret (architecture), Viceroyalty of Peru, Viracocha, Warachikuy, Wari Empire, Warrior, Wool, Yanantin.