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The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
The Inca civilization rose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th Century. The administrative, political and military centre of the empire was in the city of Cusco.
From 1438 to 15 33 the Incas incorporated a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean Mountains, using conquest and peaceful assimilation, among other methods. At its largest, the Empire joined modern day Peru, what is now western Equador, western and South central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, the southwest tip of Columbia and a large portion of modern day Chile, into a state comparable to the historical empires of Eurasia. Its official language was Quechua.
The Spanish began the conquest of the Inca Empire in 1532 and by 1572 the last Inca state was fully conquered.
The Inca litter carried the commanding officers and the Sapa Inca. Traditionally it was carried by men from Callahuaya for short trips, and for longer distances by Lucana tribesmen of the provinces of Lucana and Sora, and they were known as the “feet of the Inca”.
They were trained for this special role from the age of 20, and were usually uniformed in blue.
Pictorial sources invariably show the litter born by just four men, but it is believed that this is just an illustrative convention, since text references mention eight or sometimes even as many as 20 bearers.
2nd photo shows with the Expansion figures which are sold separately.