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Get the Top Five Facts about The Inca Empire! Top Five on the FLY - Facts and Fun! Homework and shopping help, urban myths and funny facts - everything you need to know summarized in a list of five. Five on the fly: 1. By 1500, the Inca had built an empire in South America stretching from Ecuador to Chile. 2. They believed that their ruler was descended from the sun god, Inti and only men from noble lineages could be selected as Incan leaders. 3. Cuzco, the capital city, contained spectacular temples, palaces and plazas, evidence that the Inca's excelled at engineering and stonemasonry. 4. The Incans did not use the wheel, had no iron tools and did not develop a writing system. 5. The Incan government was a bureaucracy that collected tribute, often in the form of labor, and distributed it to citizens.