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Pachacuti begins the expansion of the Inca Empire
Pachacuti becomes ruler of Cusco and transforms the small kingdom into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), the largest empire of pre-Columbian America.
DynastyPolitics· Peru
Pachacuti becomes ruler of Cusco and transforms the small kingdom into the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), the largest empire of pre-Columbian America.
Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, which becomes the capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.