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Huayna Capac

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Huay·na Ca·pac  (wnä kä-päk) Died 1525.
Incan emperor (1493-1525) under whom the empire reached its greatest extent. After his death the empire was weakened by a protracted civil war between his sons Huáscar and Atahualpa.
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Noun1.Huayna Capac - the Incan ruler under whom the Incan empire reached its widest extent (died in 1525)
Inca - a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
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Huayna Capac would eventually die of disease as well, but shortly before that he divided the empire into two.
History by Gill, Nicholas / Peru Adventure Guide
As Pizarro was still sailing down the western coast of America, the sons of a recently deceased Inca king, Huayna Capac, were fighting over the succession.
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Sipping my bitter coffee, I browse through the yellowing pages of a book about the great revolt and the siege of Cuzco by Manco Inca, the brave young prince who was the son of Mama Runtu and Huayna Capac, twelfth monarch in the royal line that began with the founding of that great empire.
Secret citadel of the last Inca: lured by history and myth this ... by Stuparich, Ricardo Carrasco / Americas (English Edition)
 
 
 
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