During the 14th century, the Inca empire was the largest empire in the world . The Inca empire stretched across the Andes from Ancient Peru to Quito to Santiago. There was an estimated 10 million people living in the Inca civilization. The name of their empire was Tawantinsuyu, meaning “ Land of Four Quarters.” The Inca empire was separated into four quarters. The North quarter was named Chinchaysuyu, the East was Antisuyu, South was Collasuyu, and the West quarter Cuntisuyu. Cuzco is the capital of the Inca empire. Cuzco became the capital when the very first Inca settled there. One thing the Inca were very good at was construction. Some of the things they built were houses, temples, pyramids, and even roads and highways. Their houses they …show more content…
The were small so family’s slept on the floor with just a blanket. The most commonly built building of the Inca was a qollqa, a one room storage room. The Inca built lots of popular cities. One of their most famous cities is Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is a sacred village located high in the Andes above the clouds. The Inca built Machu Picchu high above the clouds so that their enemies couldn’t see them. This village was home to over 1,000 people.
The Inca existed in a time period around the 14th and mid 15th century. The first Inca man and women were Manco Capac and his sister Mama Oqllu. Manco Capac became the first ever leader of the Inca and established Cuzco as the capital of the new Inca empire. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui soon after became the first Sapa Inca in 1438. The Sapa Inca is the supreme ruler of the Inca. In 1471, Inca Tupac Yupanqui took over the Sapa Inca position. During his time
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Some of the fun things they did were play games such as tag, chase, and hide and seek, they also attended festivals and carnivals. These festivals included food, music, and dancing. The food they ate was mostly vegetables, guinea pig, dog, and duck meat. The clothes that the Inca wore were different according to their rank and ethnic group. They wore tunics and sandals of different colors. The Inca spoke over thirty different languages, but the most popular was Quechua. Most of the Inca didn’t get education except for the nobles. Also, only nobles, military groups, messengers, and crop transporters were allowed to travel. It was illegal for commoners to travel on the highways. When Inca people got married, they took a trial to ensure that the couple would stay together forever. They did this because it was a law that after being married you have to stay together with that person. Only noblemen were allowed to have more than one wife. After a couple gave birth, their child is given a name and they have a celebration for the newborn children. Once the child reaches manhood, they receive another name and have another celebration. Those are some of the things that happen in the daily life of an
The Inca civilization started around 1200A.D. and was found in the Andes mountains in what is now Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.
The Inca Empire Janos Gyarmati’s Paria la Viexa and an expanding empire: Provincial centers in the political economy of the Inca Empire proved that the Inca’s built an empire unlike any other. From 1440 to 1532 A.D., the Inca Empire dominated the Americas. Known as “the fastest growing and largest territorial empire”(Gyarmati 37) of its time, the Inca Empire left a mark with their complex, perpetual and innovative economic, road, and settlement system. The Inca’s were advanced for their time, however, they lacked a system that would guarantee the survival of their kin. In order to strive, for the long-term, the Inca’s created provincial centers that would ensure their growth and economy for the generations to come.
The city is divided in the middle, Cuzco North and Cuzco South and within those regions is split into two sectors also named “Suyus.”(Aveni, 138). The city is the heart of the Inca Empire and represents the “Four Quarters of the Universe.” (Aveni, 138). There were four main roads that left Cuzco, one from each corner, those roads served at dividing lines among the Suyus. Northeast Suyus is Chinchaysuyu, Southeast is Antisuyu and southwest is Collasuyu and northwest is named Cuntisuyu (Aveni,
The Inca Empire consisted of a hierarchical structure, extremely difficult to escalate, with the Sapa Inca as supreme Lord as he was often associated with the gods. Then the power continued along to the high priest (Villac Umo) who was believed to have the ability to talk directly with the
The Inca quickly became a successful empire, a relative ethnic minority which controlled a diverse region of peoples. Conquered groups were allowed to maintain local chiefs, cultures, religion and language, bound together only through payments and work for the Inca. The mita (forced labor) system facilitated the lives of common laborers and recruited soldiers while vast tracts of roadways allowed for trade between the high and lowlands. The Inca accumulated great wealth, thus significant artistic and architectural achievements were made with textiles, metal working, and the practice of fitting stones together for building without the use of mortar. Many of these walls survive today. Although the Aymara attem...
Aztec culture had a rich and complicated set of mythological and religious beliefs. These religious practices and artistic accomplishments as well as music, dance, dress, food, drink, sports and games played a large part in their everyday lives. A rather remarkable part of Aztec culture was the ritual of human sacrifice. The Incas drew on the artistic traditions of their Andean predecessors and the skills of subject peoples. Beautiful pottery and cloth was produced in specialized workshops. Inca metallurgy was among the most advanced of the Americas, and Inca artisans worked gold and silver with great technical skill.
The Incas are much more advanced. Labor specialization was common, especially in the large densely populated areas like Cuzco. The Incas made roads, irrigation channels, fortresses, and mines. They used crop rotation, terracing and other advanced agricultural methods. These civilizations had retainers and all had slaves, usually slaves from other villages that they had fought in wars.
The Incas used a wide range of building materials including three types of stones: Yucay limestone, green Sacsayhuaman diorite porphyry, and black andesite. Each block of stone could have weighed many tons. They had to be cut in order to be transported using nothing more than harder stones and bronze tools. Most of the structures were just one room with the outer walls sloping in about 5 degrees to make the walls look higher and thicker then they actually are, this is called ‘the trapezoid form’. In every large Inca settlement there was a structure called a ushnu, this was a sort of platform, that symbolized the Inca state rule across the whole empire and they were used for state-ceremonies, judicial purposes, and processions. Since the Incas never invented the wheel they had no use for roads so instead of traveling along roads they used bridges made of rope and pathways to get from place to place conveniently in the mountains. The Incas had a number of other architectural advancements, but these are just the general ones that the common people would
The Inca Empire, the massive nation that extended 2,500 miles along the western coast of South America and had a population of over 7 million at its peak. It included all of what is now Ecuador and Peru and most of Chile. Known as “The Children of the Sun”, they excelled at craftsmanship, weaving, and culture (“Children of the Sun”). A very religious people, they worshiped the Sun as their supreme god and held religious festivals monthly to appease these gods. Although they did not value it aside from its beautiful appearance, the Inca Empire was home to millions of pounds of solid gold and silver. The Inca had no use for it except to use it to craft decorations and statues. In fact, an Inca citizen valued cloth more than they valued gold or silver. Their collapse would be brought about because of the Spanish invasion, a brutal civil war that weakened the empire, and deadly disease brought over from Europe.
This primary source tells the reader a great deal about the Incas. The Incas were extremely wealthy. Most of the document tells the reader about the wealth and riches of the Incas, describing their wealth in depth. Jobs in the Incas’ society included many lavish occupations. “[M]any silversmiths who did nothing but work rich pieces of gold or fair vessels of silver; large garrisons were stationed there, and a steward who was in charge of them all” (Pedro). The Incas were organized and intelligent. Large armies were set up to protect their villages, and they had plenty of silver and gold to experiment with and create new beautiful objects. They used their systems to create a fair,
This help was not required however, and the Spanish intervention and, ultimately, assimilation spoiled the Incan society beyond repair. The Spanish perceived the Inca as primitive, barbaric, and in need of assistance. This could not have been further from the truth. While the Spanish saw the Incan people as primitive and barbaric, in reality the Inca were much more advanced and organized than the Spanish’s initial perceptions. One particular area of society that showed specific characteristics of the Incan Empire’s modernization is the social structure of the Incas as a whole. The Incas showed particular elements of a structured society in their organization of social classes. In addition, the Incan Empire was concerned with women’s rights far before even Europe, and treated women as equals. Finally, the Inca people were advanced in their willingness to submit to authority, whether this authority is a fellow Incan in power or a perceived deity in the complex Incan religious
There are many legends that tell how the Incan Empire came to be. One is that the Incans lived without houses until the Son of the Sun appeared. The Son taught agriculture and masonry. The people became so successful that they had enough food for everyone in the entire empire. Ten million people went without hunger and all had clothing.
Huayna Capac made sure that there was no such question over who had unreserved control nor allow his future heir to be afflicted with opposition to his legitimacy. Like all Incan Emperors, after first coming into power, each went on an expedition around his kingdom and its peripheries, in its entirety, to understand exactly where his boundaries are. After his excursion, he continued the expansion that his father began, and did so through a 5 step c...
Although covered in dense bush, it had many agricultural terraces that were sufficient enough to feed the population. Due to water from the natural springs as well as the agricultural terraces, it had the ability to be self-contained. Machu Picchu was created by the Inca culture for the purpose of religious observance. In order to build this city, the Incans used stone tools, bronze tools, and chisels. The materials they used were mud, clay, adobe, and granite blocks.
The Inca people had a complicated communication system. The Inca number and writing system was quipu, a system using cotton and wool string that was tied and knotted together. The quipu writing and number system helped people form other writing systems and it was part of the Inca culture. The spoken language of the Inca people was quechua. Quechua became the most spoken Native American language, and still is today. The language of the Inca people helped them communicate with others and is a major part of their culture. The Inca listened to ethnic and cultural mixed music. They played wind and percussion instruments. The Inca made instruments that we still use today. The culture in America today is similar to the Inca culture