Inca education during the time of the Inca Empire was divided into two principal spheres education for the upper classes and education for the general population.

He was directly underneath the Sapa Inca, and they were often brothers.

As a result, Inca expansion into the Amazon basin and the Pacific coast of Ecuador was hampered.

Similarly, a number of loyal Inca subjects from Peru and Bolivia were brought to Ecuador to prevent rebellion.

The plant is usually green in color, but a purple variant was once grown for use in Inca rituals.

In front of the temple of Sacsayhuaman in Cuzco, Peru every year they recreate the traditional Inti Raymi celebration which marks the beginning of the Incan new year.

Quito was part of the Inca empire Tahuantinsuyo. In colonial times, the Royal Audience of Quito was part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Inca sculptures are regarded as treasures in British museums, while Shakespeare is translated into every major language of the Earth.

The Amazonian natives and the Cayapas of Coastal Ecuador were the only groups to resist Inca and Spanish domination, maintaining their language and culture well into the 21st century.

The history behind the Inca drama Ollantay , the oldest literary piece in existence for any indigenous language in America, shares some similarities with the work of Collahuazo.

Spain conquered and colonised Chile in the mid 16th century, replacing Inca rule in northern and central Chile, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche that inhabited south central Chile.

A small band of Spaniards headed by Francisco Pizarro landed in Tumbez and marched over the Andes Mountains until they reached Cajamarca, where the new Inca Atahualpa was to hold an interview with them.

The use of Quipu was banned by the Spanish, and in order to preserve their work, many Inca poets had to resort to the use of the Latin alphabet to write in their native Quechua language.

Take a direct north south bearing, you find to your astonishment that it bisects the intiwatana stone, goes to the skyline, hits the heart of Salcantay, the second of the most important mountains of the Incan empire.

The last Inti Raymi celebrated by the Incas took place in 1535 after which the Catholic Church and the Spanish Conquest put a stop to it, until 1944, when it was brought back following the descriptions of the historian Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.