Sucre
City · 1538 CE · in South America
Capital of Bolivia (1825–today).
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Around the same time and place
- Rise of the Inca Empire (1438–1533 CE): Under Pachacuti from 1438 the Inca expanded from Cusco to rule Tawantinsuyu, the largest empire of the pre-Columbian Americas, stretching along the Andes.
- Inca road system (Qhapaq Ñan) (c. 1438–1533 CE): The Inca built a road network of some 40,000 km, whose main Andean spine ran from southern Colombia through Quito and Cusco to central Chile, with relay runners (chasquis), storehouses and suspension bridges.
- Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478 CE – 1541 CE): Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Inca Empire and founded Lima in 1535; he was assassinated there by rival Spaniards.
- Potosí (1545 CE): Mining city founded below the silver mountain Cerro Rico, whose vast output, largely extracted through forced indigenous labour, fuelled the Spanish Empire and global trade.
- La Paz (1548 CE): Capital of Bolivia (1899–today).
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