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Sinchi Roca, Sapa Inca, Kingdom of Cuzco

Sinchi Roca was the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco. He was the son and successor of Manco Cápac and the father of Lloque Yupanqui. he chronicler Pedro Cieza de León states that Sinchi Roca built terraces and imported enormous quantities of soil in order to improve the fertility of the valley. The Kingdom of Cusco was a small kingdom based in Cusco on the Andean mountain ranges that began as a small city-state founded by the Incas around the 12th century. In time, through either warfare or peaceful assimilation, it began to grow and was succeeded by the Inca Empire (1438-1533). Image taken from page 49 of "Recuerdos de la Monarquia Peruana, ó bosquejo de la historia de los Incas, etc" by Justo Sahuaraura, 1850.
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Sinchi Roca, Sapa Inca, Kingdom of Cuzco
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Sinchi Roca was the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco. He was the son and successor of Manco Cápac and the father of Lloque Yupanqui. he chronicler Pedro Cieza de León states that Sinchi Roca built terraces and imported enormous quantities of soil in order to improve the fertility of the valley. The Kingdom of Cusco was a small kingdom based in Cusco on the Andean mountain ranges that began as a small city-state founded by the Incas around the 12th century. In time, through either warfare or peaceful assimilation, it began to grow and was succeeded by the Inca Empire (1438-1533). Image taken from page 49 of "Recuerdos de la Monarquia Peruana, ó bosquejo de la historia de los Incas, etc" by Justo Sahuaraura, 1850.
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Album / Science Source / British Library
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3391 x 4050 px | 39.3 MB
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28.7 x 34.3 cm | 11.3 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
13TH CENTURY • 2ND SAPA INCA • ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ANCIENT CULTURE • ART • ARTWORK • CELEBRITY • CINCHI ROCA • DRAWING • FAMOUS • FIGURE • FIRST DYNASTY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HURIN DYNASTY • ILLUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • INCA CIVILIZATION • INCA • INCAN CIVILIZATION • INCAN • KING • KINGDOM OF CUSCO • KINGDOM OF CUZCO • LEADER • MALE • MAN • MEN • NOTABLE • PEOPLE • PERSON • PERSONALITIES • PERSONALITY • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PRE-COLUMBIAN • PRECOLUMBIAN • RULER • SAPA • SECOND DYNASTY • SECOND SAPA INCA • SINCHI ROCA • SINCHI ROCCA • SINCHI RUQ'A INKA • SINCHI RUQ'A • SOUTH AMERICA • SOUTH AMERICAN • WELL-KNOWN