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Incas 1197 - 1533  Machu Picchu The Incas first emerged around Lake Titicaca in 1197. They became the biggest empire in America and ruled along the western coast of South America for around 95 years between 1438 and 1533. In 1533, Spaniards conquered them and killed there ruler. The official language of the Incas was Quechua, but there were hundreds of local languages and dialects spoken. The main religion of the Incas was the worship of the sun god, Inti. The Incas believed that their king was the “Child of the Sun.” They called him Sapa Inca. Machu Picchu is an Incan city and was built in 1450, but in 1533 when the Spaniards conquered the Incas, it was abandoned, unfinished. The Incas performed brain surgery, introduced potatoes to Peru, built roads, had a postal system and believed in reincarnation which is the belief that when someone dies, they come back as someone else. There is also evidence that the Incas did child sacrifices. Hannah JF