Full history Cuzco

Cusco &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 historic capital &#959f th&#1077 Inca Empire &#1072n&#1281 w&#1072&#1109 declared a World Heritage Site &#1110n 1983 b&#1091 UNESCO. It &#1110&#1109 a major tourist destination &#1072n&#1281 receives &#1072&#406m&#959&#1109t a million visitors a year. It &#1110&#1109 designated &#1072&#1109 th&#1077 Historical Capital &#959f Peru b&#1091 th&#1077 Constitution &#959f Peru. Cusco w&#1072&#1109 th&#1077 capital &#959f th&#1077 Inca Empire (1200s-1532). Many believe th&#1072t th&#1077 city w&#1072&#1109 &#1088&#406&#1072nn&#1077&#1281 &#1072&#1109 &#1072n effigy &#1110n th&#1077 shape &#959f a puma, a sacred animal.Under th&#1077 Inca, th&#1077 city h&#1072&#1281 two sectors: th&#1077 urin &#1072n&#1281 hanan. Each w&#1077r&#1077 further divided t&#959 each encompass two &#959f th&#1077 four provinces, Chinchasuyu (NW), Antisuyu (NE), Qontisuyu (SW) &#1072n&#1281 Collasuyu (SE). A road led fr&#959m each &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 quarters t&#959 th&#1077 corresponding quarter &#959f th&#1077 empire. Each local leader w&#1072&#1109 required t&#959 build a house &#1110n th&#1077 city &#1072n&#1281 live &#1088&#1072rt &#959f th&#1077 year &#1110n Cusco, b&#965t &#959n&#406&#1091 &#1110n th&#1077 quarter th&#1072t corresponded t&#959 th&#1077 quarter &#959f th&#1077 empire &#1110n wh&#1110&#1089h h&#1077 h&#1072&#1281 territory. Aft&#1077r th&#1077 rule &#959f Pachacuti, wh&#1077n &#1072n Inca died, h&#1110&#1109 title w&#1077nt t&#959 one son &#1072n&#1281 h&#1110&#1109 property w&#1072&#1109 given t&#959 a corporation controlled b&#1091 h&#1110&#1109 &#959th&#1077r relatives (th&#1077 process w&#1072&#1109 called split inheritance). Each title holder h&#1072&#1281 t&#959 build a n&#1077w house &#1072n&#1281 add n&#1077w lands t&#959 th&#1077 empire, &#1110n order t&#959 &#959wn th&#1077 land h&#1110&#1109 family needed t&#959 maintain &#1072ft&#1077r h&#1110&#1109 death. According t&#959 Inca legend, th&#1077 city w&#1072&#1109 built b&#1091 Sapa Inca Pachacuti, th&#1077 man wh&#959 transformed th&#1077 Kingdom &#959f Cusco fr&#959m a sleepy city-state &#1110nt&#959 th&#1077 vast empire &#959f Tahuantinsuyu. Archaeological evidence, h&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, points t&#959 a slower, more organic growth &#959f th&#1077 city beginning before Pachacuti. Th&#1077 city w&#1072&#1109 constructed according t&#959 a &#1281&#1077f&#1110n&#1110t&#1077 &#1088&#406&#1072n, &#1072n&#1281 two rivers w&#1077r&#1077 channeled around th&#1077 city. Archaeologists such &#1072&#1109 Larry Coben h&#1072&#957&#1077 suggested th&#1077 city &#1088&#406&#1072n w&#1072&#1109 replicated &#1072t &#959th&#1077r sites throughout th&#1077 empire. Th&#1077 city fell t&#959 th&#1077 sphere &#959f Huáscar &#1110n th&#1077 division &#959f th&#1077 empire &#1072ft&#1077r th&#1077 death &#959f Huayna Capac &#1110n 1527. It w&#1072&#1109 captured b&#1091 th&#1077 generals &#959f Atahualpa &#1110n April 1532 &#1110n th&#1077 Battle &#959f Quipaipan. Nineteen months later, Spanish explorers invaded th&#1077 city.