The Inca Empire - Out of Thin Air - Extra History - Part 1

📜 The Inca Empire: Out of Thin Air - There's a lot that we don't know for sure about the Inca Empire, because we have conflicting accounts among Spanish colonizers, as well as the fact that Inca history itself is told non-linearly. But we do know that they used Andean accomplishments, from architecture to knotted quipu, to create a city that ruled the largest Indigenous empire in the Americas, starting with Manco Capac and the successive Sapa Inca rulers.

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[extrahistory]

The Extra History for Cusco. The Extra History chosen specially [by patrons!] for Cusco. Cusco's Extra History!

[cheezemonkeyeater]

"He Who Weeps Blood."
That has got to be the most metal title a king has ever taken on.

[Carols]

honestly who needs to be called something like "the great", when "THE EARTHSHAKER" is avaiable

[camerongrow]

When I tell people I am the Left-handed they don't give me nearly the same level of respect as the Incan emperors.

[jasonforbes]

8:30 can you imagine being in a line of rulers like "the magnanimous" and "the one who weeks blood" and all they could come up for you was "left handed"?

[InvisibleTower]

The literal meaning of Pachacuti is even cooler: "he who overturns space and time".

[drakan]

I've always kind felt like the inca were "overshadowed" by the aztec and maya up north, glad they're getting coverage

[Tailikku]

*mentions Kuzco*
*Tom Jones starts playing*
*door breaks down*
Kuzco: BOOM BABY!

[WildBillCox]

Incan--sistancy. I'll let myself out over the terraces.

[juanmam.]

The Incas are the Romans of South America. Out of nowhere, an empire was founded which later came to control the land of hundreds of tribes and almost completely erradicate these tribes from history.

My anthropology aunt has some fascinating evidence about incan northern expansion and its amazing how powerful they became in a small lapse of time. I hope you get to mention some of these millenial tribes which fiercely opposed the inca expansionism, they deserve their place in history too.

Really looking forward to these series, greetings from Ecuador.

[Crazael]

When I was in Cuzco, our hotel room had a switch for pumping in extra oxygen.

[celston]

So you could say...they built that city on rock and knolls.
I'll show myself out.

[britishbluenekochan]

Reminder that the incan Empire is a potato empire, and Peru counts with 6000+ varieties of potato. Some of them can grow on any soil, others resist the harsh climates and others are inmune to diseases. Without variety, a vulnerability will appear. (Sorry Ireland)

[CommanderGumball]

Our hotel in Cuzco didn't have oxygen tanks, just a lot more coca tea.

Fun trip, that one.

[necro]

It's so amazing you finally touch on the story of our ancestors, the Quechua people and the Inca Empire!

[DragoniteSpam]

The description of the trail at 2:33 makes me think of a terrestrial version of the One Piece islands. Real life one-ups fantasy yet again.

[sabrinabenitezsalazar]

I was expecting this video so much, mainly because we (as andeans) have not much exposure worldwide. Thanks for this video extra credits 💜 greetings from Bolivia 💜

[luigiboyinblu]

As a Peruvian myself, everytime I hear Pachacuti’s name, I make a salute because he was an absolute LEGEND. Probably the MVP of the entire history of the Empire.

[wargriffin]

We're sorry, but this video has thrown off the Emperor's groove...

[Didds-jy]

That feeling when you get a new Extra History <3