
Sapa Inca is the title given to the ruler of the Inca Empire. Leadership systems at all levels within the Inca Empire were structured by moiety entitled the ''hanan'' (upper) and the ''hurin'' (lower), in keeping with the Moche ideal of Yin Yang. The leaders of the two moieties ruled together and were ranked equally, although the ''hanan'' leader had greater prestige and therefore dominance. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru the supreme leader of the empire of the hanan moiety was called the Sapa Inca. This concept of duality was lost on the Spanish, whose post-conquest chroniclers only recorded the names of the Sapa Inca, the empire's hanan ruler at the time, and his "queens", and left off the hurin. The Sapa Inca of the first dynasty of the Kingdom of Cuzco were, in order, Manco Capac (?-1105), Sinchi Roca (1105-1140), Lloque Yupanqui, Mayta Capac, and Capac Yupanqui. Little is known of these early rulers, but as a rough guide, in later years ''capac'' meant warlord and ''sinchi'' meant leader. The Sapa Inca of the second dynasty of the Kingdom of Cuzco were, in order, Inca Roca, Yahuar Huacac, Viracocha, and Pachacuti. The second dynasty marked the transition in dominance from the hurin to hanan family. The first Sapa Inca of the Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca empire, was Pachacuti (1438-1471). He was followed by Tupac Inca Yupanqui (1471-1493), Huayna Capac (1493-1527), Ninan Cuyochi (?-1527), Huascar (1527-1532), and, finally, Atahualpa (1532-1533). Pachacuti reorganized the empire into four suyus (sections), each governed by an Apo with several layers of administration below him. He also adopted the Chimu custom of split inheritance. Under this system one potential heir would receive the political inheritance while property and water rights would be split between the other potential heirs. This sated the other potential heirs materially and encouraged the new Inca to conquer new territory to acquire property. Ninan Cuyochi, who has Inca for only a few days, is sometimes left off the list of Sapa Incas because news of his death from smallpox arrived in Cuzco shortly after he was declared Sapa Inca. He had been with Huayna Capac when he died of smallpox. The death of Ninan, the presumed heir, led to a war of succession between Huascar and Atahualpa, a weakness that the Spanish exploited when they conquered the Incas. After the Spanish conquest of Peru, there were several more Sapa Incas before the Inca leadership system dissolved completely. They were Tupac Huallpa (1533), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1533-1545), Sayri Tupac (1545-1560), Titu Cusi (1560-1571), and, most famously, Tupac Amaru. Inca
I think this article seriously needs to be worked on. For example, the article starts by quoting the theory of multiple, concurrent Inca emperors. This theory is not universally accepted. -- User:Tuomas Toivonen 08:19, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Who doesn't accept it? Maybe we can site this critic? The page needs more content as well, as do most of the Supa Inca's pages... maybe you could work on em? User:Zenyu 14:18, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
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Sapa Inca is the title given to the ruler of the Inca Empire. Leadership systems at all levels within the Inca Empire were structured by moiety entitled the ''hanan'' (upper) and the ''hurin'' (lower), in keeping with the Moche ideal of Yin Yang. The leaders of the two moieties ruled together and were ranked equally, although the ''hanan'' leader had greater prestige and therefore dominance. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru the supreme leader of the empire of the hanan moiety was called the Sapa Inca. This concept of duality was lost on the Spanish, whose post-conquest chroniclers only recorded the names of the Sapa Inca, the empire's hanan ruler at the time, and his "queens", and left off the hurin. The Sapa Inca of the first dynasty of the Kingdom of Cuzco were, in order, Manco Capac (?-1105), Sinchi Roca (1105-1140), Lloque Yupanqui, Mayta Capac, and Capac Yupanqui. Little is known of these early rulers, but as a rough guide, in later years ''capac'' meant warlord and ''sinchi'' meant leader. The Sapa Inca of the second dynasty of the Kingdom of Cuzco were, in order, Inca Roca, Yahuar Huacac, Viracocha, and Pachacuti. The second dynasty marked the transition in dominance from the hurin to hanan family. The first Sapa Inca of the Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca empire, was Pachacuti (1438-1471). He was followed by Tupac Inca Yupanqui (1471-1493), Huayna Capac (1493-1527), Ninan Cuyochi (?-1527), Huascar (1527-1532), and, finally, Atahualpa (1532-1533). Pachacuti reorganized the empire into four suyus (sections), each governed by an Apo with several layers of administration below him. He also adopted the Chimu custom of split inheritance. Under this system one potential heir would receive the political inheritance while property and water rights would be split between the other potential heirs. This sated the other potential heirs materially and encouraged the new Inca to conquer new territory to acquire property. Ninan Cuyochi, who has Inca for only a few days, is sometimes left off the list of Sapa Incas because news of his death from smallpox arrived in Cuzco shortly after he was declared Sapa Inca. He had been with Huayna Capac when he died of smallpox. The death of Ninan, the presumed heir, led to a war of succession between Huascar and Atahualpa, a weakness that the Spanish exploited when they conquered the Incas. After the Spanish conquest of Peru, there were several more Sapa Incas before the Inca leadership system dissolved completely. They were Tupac Huallpa (1533), Manco Inca Yupanqui (1533-1545), Sayri Tupac (1545-1560), Titu Cusi (1560-1571), and, most famously, Tupac Amaru. Inca
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I think this article seriously needs to be worked on. For example, the article starts by quoting the theory of multiple, concurrent Inca emperors. This theory is not universally accepted. -- User:Tuomas Toivonen 08:19, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Who doesn't accept it? Maybe we can site this critic? The page needs more content as well, as do most of the Supa Inca's pages... maybe you could work on em? User:Zenyu 14:18, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)
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