Tawantinsuyu is the
Quechua language name for the nation known in the
English language as the
Incan Empire. It means simply "the four territories," and refers to the administrative districts it was divided into: the Chinchasuyu to the north, the Qollasuyu to the south, the Antisuyu to the east and the Kuntisuyu to the west. It was ruled by the
Inca from the city of
Qosqo.