Incan Conquest
The Incan empire expanded into what later became Ecuador during the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, who began the northward conquest in 1463. He gave his son Topa control of the army, and Topa conquered the Quitu and continued coastward. Upon arriving, he undertook a sea voyage to either the Galápagos or the Marquesas Islands. Upon his return, he was unable to subdue the people of Puná Island and the Guayas coast. His son Huayna Capac, however, was able to subsequently conquer these peoples, consolidating Ecuador into "Tawantinsuyu", the Incan Empire.
One of the Incan tactics included uprooting groups of Quechua-speakers, called mitmas, loyal to the empire and resettling them in areas that offered resistance.
Many tribes resisted the imperial encroachment, in particular the Cañari in the South, near modern-day Cuenca, and the Caras and the Quitu in the North. However, the Incan language and social structures came to predominate, particularly in the Sierra.
Some scholars dispute the Inca heritage by indigenous people of Ecuador
Read more about this topic: Indigenous Peoples In Ecuador
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