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Inca Conquest of the Sacred Valley

Type Event Region Peru Time 1441–1448

In the 1440s, Inca armies under Pachacuti conquered local chiefdoms in the Urubamba Sacred Valley, bringing this fertile agricultural area adjacent t…

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  1. 1441–1444Pisac · PeruInca armies marched south from Cusco, first capturing fortresses around Pisac at the entrance to the Sacred Valley, controlling the terrace-farming area and the route to the highlands; local chiefs were either eliminated or absorbed into the curaca (local lord) system.
  2. 1444–1448Banks of the Urubamba River · PeruAfter the conquest the Inca expanded terraces, built storehouses (qollqas), and redistributed populations through mitmaq resettlement, turning the valley into a core grain-producing region supplying Cusco, and built feeder roads connecting to the imperial road network.

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