Which best describes the rise of the inca empire?
a. people migrated and settled in the desolate highlands of the andes.
b. missionaries proselytized and converted neighboring city-states.
c. trade with neighboring kingdoms encouraged a government takeover.
d. a series of military campaigns led to the defeat of the chimu kingdom.

The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the fourth choice "A series of military campaigns led to the defeat of the Chimu kingdom."
The Inca Empire was short-lived. It lasted just shy of 100 years, from ca.1438 AD, when the Inca ruler Pachacuti and his army began conquering lands surrounding the Inca heartland of Cuzco, until the coming of the Spaniards in 1532.

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