Fall of the Chanka & the Rise of Cuzco

After years of struggles and having been dangerously close to total defeat by the Chankas in 1438 the kingdom of Cuzco has now risen to a greater position than it has ever had previously. Having saved the kingdom, the young king Pachacuti went on to conquer the Chanka kingdom itself shortly afterwards, a state that for long times has exacted tribute not only from Cuzco but from many of the states in the Andean world since the fall of the old Wari Empire.\nApart from marking Pachacuti as the greatest leader of the Cuzco kingdom to date, the fall of the Chankas have given us access to their great treasury, a huge collection of gifts from neighbors and tributaries. This is exactly the kind of capital needed to buy the services necessary to reform and expand our kingdom. At this point nobody knows Pachacuti's plans but what is certain is that he has the means to steer Cuzco in whichever direction he could wish.