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"The Inca (or Inka) civilization began
as a tribe in the
Cuzco area, where the legendary first
Sapa Inca,
Manco Capac founded the
Kingdom of Cuzco around 1200.Under the leadership of the descendants of Manco Capac, the Inca
state grew to absorb other
Andean
communities. In 1442, the Incas began a far-reaching expansion under
the command of
Pachacutec, whose name literally means earth-shaker. He
founded the
Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), which became the largest
empire in
pre-Columbian America Source (including
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