Apogee
The height of the Chancas expansion occurred between the years 1200 and 1438. After 1430 the Chanca nation attacked the Inca Empire in Cuzco. Prince Yupanqui, who had previously been sent to a llama ranch, defeated the Chanca. After the war, the Sapa Inca assumed the name Pachacútec after the tough battle, in which the city of Cusco ran the risk of being captured by the Apurimeños. According to some Inca traditions, the Uran Chancas had been conquered much earlier, around the year 1230, when the Sapa Inca Mayta Cápac and his army crossed the Apurímac River, formerly called Cápac Mayu ("main river"), by means of a huge hanging bridge. The Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega(1605) gives Cápac Yupanqui a similar feat one hundred years later. However, the most solidly researched version establishes his defeat and subsequent submission at the hands of the army commanded by the Inca, Pachacútec.
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