Compare And Contrast Inca And Mexican Civilization

Between 200 to 1550 A.D four major civilizations settled in the Pre-colombian Americas. One of the four were the Mayans, who were located along the Yucatan Peninsula and continued between the years 200 to 900 A.D. And then there is the Aztecs, who settled in the Central Mexican Basin and lasted from 1345-1521 A.D. Also there was the Cahokians who arranged around where modern day St. Louis, Missouri is and remained civilized within 1050 to 1200 A.D. Lastly there were the Incas who humanized along the Andean Region and lasted from 1200 to 1532 A.D. They were able to create a huge temple made of gold in their own capital city of Cuzco. Additionally, the Incas had a highway system for sending messages to different parts of the empire. Along with these accomplishments they were able to successfully develop a “give and take” farming society. The Incas were the most advanced of the early american civilizations because they had a strong capital city, created a pathway through their whole territory of land for sending important messages and

organized a “give and take” society between the citizens.

The Incas were able to create a successful and strong capital city where they created a temple made of gold decorated with animals and plants.

The capital city of Inca was called Cuzco and was located in the center of the Inca world. The city created by Pachacuti was laid out into the shape of a puma. He also installed the belief of Inti, the sun god, as the Inca’s official patron. This lead to the creation of the “Coricancha” or temple of gold; the incredible ranged temple made at the center of Cuzco. The temple had a garden with maize plants and 20 llamas made of gold and silver decorated around it. The city held many vast festivals for neighboring chiefs that lasted for days and sometimes even a month. The people were gifted food, jewelry, gold and textiles at the parties as tribute for doing all the work needed to keep the edification running. Cuzco was the most excellent capital city in the Early Americas in their time

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The Incas were so exceptional that they constructed a highway system used to send messages and overall control the entire empire. There were two major highways, one was located on the spine of the Andes and the other stretched along the coast of Chile. The highways helped because it is said that it was the largest empire at the time and this made it easier to check in with other parts of the empire. The empire stretched 2,500 miles which was why they called their empire “Tahuantinsuyu” or land of the four quarters. They built resting stations every mile and a half for messengers to take breaks at during a long journey. The messengers carried an object with knotted ropes on it called a “quipu”. This device was used to communicate to other parts of the empire using the ropes with knots of varying color, length, knot types and positions. Although this was a decent way of communicating the only people who knew how to identify it were tax collectors and bureaucrats.

Another advanced way the Incas were able to sustain peace between the people of the civilization was, through a “give and take” farming society when they were not doing labor for the empire. The rule was that a married couple would help another with planting or harvesting crops and they would receive help in their own fields in return. Partly why the people followed the custom was, because the lives of the people was fragile, meaning that they needed to work together because they weren’t educated enough to work alone. The way they were able to be so advanced was that they would give a person more of something if they needed it, like if a farmer needed more land. But the only catch was that they were always checking in on everyone to make sure that the people were working their hardest all the time. The hard work of the people helped the Incas become the most advanced empire at the time.