Tumebamba, Tomebamba (hispanicized spellings), or Tumipampa (Kichwa for "Knife Field", Tumi: Knife, Pampa: Field) was a former main regional city in the Inca Empire. Tumebamba was chosen by the Emperor Huayna Capac (ruled 1493–1525) to be the Inca northern capital. The city was largely destroyed during the civil war between Huáscar and Atahualpa shortly before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in 1532.[1] The Spanish city of Cuenca, Ecuador was built on the site of Tumebamba although a portion of the Inca city is preserved at the archaeological sites of Pumapunku and Todos Santos.
^D'Altroy, Terence (2003), The Incas, Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, p. 31, 75, 78–80
Tumebamba, Tomebamba (hispanicized spellings), or Tumipampa (Kichwa for "Knife Field", Tumi: Knife, Pampa: Field) was a former main regional city in the...
and received harsh treatment on his return. Huayna Capac, who was in Tumebamba, heard news of the strangers arriving at Tumbes. Although he did not personally...
unknown. Though he was raised in Cusco, he may have been born in 1468 in Tumebamba (modern Cuenca) and have spent part of his childhood there. He was the...
Pizarro, Huáscar sent an army to the North, which ambushed Atahualpa in Tumebamba and defeated him. Atahualpa was captured and imprisoned in a "tambo" (roadside...
Cañari princess and improving the Cañari city of Guapondelig, calling it Tumebamba or Pumapungo (present-day Cuenca).[citation needed] The Inca and Cañari...
Atahualpa prisoner, while he was attending a festival in the city of Tumebamba. However, Atahualpa quickly escaped and returned to Quito. There, he was...
of the Inca Empire around Quito. The capital Cajamarca was occupied, Tumebamba defected, and Atahualpa was captured. However, Atahualpa escaped and united...
allegedly carved off and used as drums. Shortly after, Atahualpa recaptured Tumebamba and Cajamarca and, in April of the following year, Atahualpa's generals...
"The main route of the sierra (mountains) that passes through Quito, Tumebamba, Huánuco, Cusco, Chucuito, Paria and Chicona to the Mendoza River, has...
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Empire Teotihuacan Empire 100 BC – 8th century AD Americas: North Cañari Tumebamba Tribal Confederacy 500 – 1533 AD Americas: South Moche Moche-Trujillo...
Tribal chiefdom's 12th century BC – 14th century AD Americas: North Cañari Tumebamba Tribal Confederacy 500 – 1533 AD Americas: South Tiwanaku empire Tiwanaku...
Saraguros live along the Inca road or Kapak Ñan that stretched from Cuzco to Tumebamba (the northern capital of the Incas), and onward to Quito and thus occupied...
Tribal chiefdom's 12th century BC – 14th century AD Americas: North Cañari Tumebamba Tribal Confederacy 500 – 1533 AD Americas: South Tiwanaku empire Tiwanaku...
Empire Teotihuacan Empire 100 BC – 8th century AD Americas: North Cañari Tumebamba Tribal confederacy 500 – 1533 AD Americas: South Moche Moche-Trujillo...
Empire Teotihuacan Empire 100 BC – 8th century AD Americas: North Cañari Tumebamba Tribal Confederacy 500 – 1533 AD Americas: South Moche Moche-Trujillo...
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