Now, we speak at an international level of the greatness and mystery that represents Machu Picchu, considered a monument of humanity, and of the greatness of the Inca Empire of those who surprises us its history, its culture, its agriculture, its great and monumental Military and religious constructions, and his great legacy to humanity, but who was the ruler who made this kingdom a great empire? Its name is Cusi Yupanqui later called Pachacutec, was the ninth ruler of the Inca state and it was who turned it from a simple kingdom to a great empire: the Tahuantinsuyo. He was son of the Inca Wiracocha, and although it was not his direct heir was designated like its successor after defending the …show more content…
The story tells that before the battle of Yahuarpampa (blood plain) small mounds of stone dressed as soldiers (called the soldiers of Pururauca) were commanded, in the fiercest moment of the fight and when the Chancas seemed to be overcoming These soldiers are said to have come true, and upon seeing this the fierce soldiers of Pachacutec fought fiercely and defeated the Chancas. After this great victory the nobles ask Cusi Yupanqui to return and govern Cuzco, it is in these circumstances that Cusi Yupanqui forces his father the Inca Wiracocha to recognize him as his successor, so Cusi Yupanqui receives the symbol of power Mascaipacha and command of the Incas, and is denominated Pachacutec that means Inca of the change of the course of the earth, worthy of esteem. It is from there that begins the great expansion of the Inca kingdom to transform it into the great empire of the Incas, by the north I arrive until the south of Colombia and Ecuador, by the south until Chile, and north of the Argentina, all the coast Of Peru, thus …show more content…
Pachacutec is also called the enlightened ruler and was regarded as the most spiritual guide of his time.
In countries of South America such as Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, they have taken the name of Pachacutec and its achievements as part of their respective presidential campaigns, the most notorious being the presidential campaign of the 2,000 Alejandro Toledo of Peru Possible to whom the indigenous population and mestizo they call him the new Pachacutec.
Finally, we must recognize that Pachacutec, thanks to his talents as a conqueror, a great statesman, his passion for art and literature, and his great spirituality, made the kingdom of Cuzco a great empire, the great empire of the Incas, also called Tahuantinsuyo. As a Peruvian, I am very proud of the legacy that Pachacutec has left us, so I invite you all to read and investigate more about the life of the greatest Inca that the Inca Empire Pachacutec