I-Los Inca Kwakuyimpucuko eNingizimu Melika ukuthi ngekhulu le-14 kwakuyisizwe esincane esivela ezinkangala zase-Andes ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16 eza ukuzothatha futhi ilawule umbuso omkhulu kunayo yonke eyake yabonwa emazweni aseMelika: i-Inca Empire.
Inhlokodolobha yalo yayiseCusco ePeru futhi isuka lapho manje sekuyi-Ecuador, enyakatho yeChile, eningizimu, eBolivia, empumalanga futhi inqamula iPacific Ocean entshonalanga. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwekhulu leminyaka, ama-Inca anqoba indawo enkulu ngempi nangokuxhumana okuqaphile.
Impucuko ye-Inca kwakuyimpucuko yezolimo futhi ekuphakameni kwayo ngo-1500 kwafinyelela kubantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-12. Kwakunomphakathi oyindilinga oyindilinga oyindilinga, owawubuswa yi-Inca nezihlobo zakhe. Babelana ngenkolo ejwayelekile yokukholelwa konkulunkulu abaningi ngokususelwa ekukhonzeni iLanga naseSapa Inca njengendodana yakhe.
Ukuqoqwa kwentela, uhlelo lomthetho oludonsayo, ukuphepha kokudla kanye nokwabiwa kwalo ngokulingana kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwamahhala nemfundo kuyisisekelo sempumelelo yalo kwezomnotho nakwezenhlalo futhi ngalowo mqondo kuqinisekiswa ukwethembeka kwabantu bayo. Uhulumeni wayehleleke kakhulu, ngisho nangaphandle kwezinzuzo zohlelo lokubhala. Ukuhlelwa kombuso kwakuphikisana nokwamaRoma.
Impucuko ye-Inca yazuza amafomu obuciko athuthuke kakhulu njengobumba, amasu okweluka, insimbi, umculo nokwakha. Isibonelo esihle sempumelelo yakhe yokwakha iMachu Picchu eyakhiwe yi-Inca Pachacuti cishe ngonyaka we-1460AD. Izakhiwo zalo ezinhle zakhiwe ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amathuluzi esimanje kanye nesondo futhi sezineminyaka engamakhulu ayisihlanu zisendaweni eyenganyelwe ukuzamazama komhlaba.
Kuma-Inca, ukuba "yi-Inca" kwakusho ukuba yilungu leqembu elaziwa ngalelo gama. Bazithatha njengabaphakeme kunezinye izizwe futhi ukuba yi-Inca kwakuwumthombo wokuziqhenya, izizukulwane kuphela zesizwe sokuqala kwakuyi-Inca ethile noma izingane zelanga. Bonke abanye babeyizikhonzi zeNgane yeLanga.
Ukwehla kwamaInca kwaqala ngaphambi kokufika kwamaSpanishi endaweni yamaInca. Ukufika kwakhe kwasheshisa ukwehla kwakhe futhi ekugcineni ukuwa kwakhe. Ukunqotshwa kwePeru kwaqala ngokusemthethweni ngo-1532, lapho iqembu elaliholwa nguFrancisco Pizarro lafika edolobheni laseCajamarca lapho kwakuhlala khona i-Inca Atahualpa, eyabulawa abaseSpain.