// Middle Ages
Inca Empire
- Period
- AD 1440 – AD 1571
- Duration
- approx. 131 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1497
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.1 million km²
Period and duration
Inca Empire — according to the map data from AD 1440 to AD 1571, roughly 131 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Inca Empire — greatest extent around AD 1497: the mapped borders then cover about 2.1 million km², roughly 1.4% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1439)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 1497
The largest states in the region at the same time:
No neighbouring states in the map data.
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1497 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Inca Empire on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.