Inca Vs Aztec Research Paper

Would you like to know why the Aztecs sacrificed a lot of people and why other tribes like the Inca didn’t? The Aztec sacrificed a lot of people and the Inca didn’t sacrifice even close to as many people. Also one tribe was wealthier than the other. This essay will be about how different and similar the inca and aztec lived their life.

The Inca and Aztec were alike in many ways even though they were very different. First they’re both religious. The Inca and Aztecs believed in many gods and they believed you could sacrifice people to the gods to get rain or other things. They both believed that the sun god was important they also thought that the gods controlled everything. They both had “kings” for the inca it was the Sapa Inca and for the Aztec it was Huey Tlatoani In both tribes the “king” could talk to the gods. They were both pretty smart at the time one group knew more but they still were really smart. The Aztecs had the most accurate calendar it ended in 2012 people thought the world was going to end then because that's what it showed on their calendar. The Inca could send messages 100’s of miles in just a few days they had runners carie the message to the next runner then they would run to the next and it would keep going

and going until it got to its destination. Both Tribes built temples some of the temples they built were for the gods and others were for sacrifices.

The Aztecs were different in many ways from the Inca.

The Aztecs were wealthier than the Inca, had better houses, clothing and a wealthier community. In their community they had much better housing and supplies than the Inca. Their houses had more than one room, which the Inca didn’t. The Aztecs were also smarter than the Inca. They had the most accurate calendar. They had medicine when the Inca people didn’t, which helped their community. The Aztec also had written language. The Aztecs sacrificed more people than the Inca. They believed that for the sun to rise, the sun god needed human blood. Because of that, they sacrificed a lot more people. These are just a few of the differences between the Aztec and the

Inca.

The Inca people were more about nature and not so influenced by their gods. The Inca had allyu. Allyu are different families who join together to make a larger family. They were born into a allyu and stayed with them for their whole life. As a group, they worked the same portion of land together as a large family. Each allyu had it’s own tax collector. The Inca paid taxes, unlike the Aztecs. The two main taxes were a portion of the allyu crops and also labor tax. The labor tax was for men ages 16-60, these men had to do labor for the government. Only wealthy families went to school. Unlike the Aztecs, the Inca didn’t all go to school, it was on for the wealthy. Whereas the Aztecs were required to go to school by law. Overall the Inca were not as successful as the Aztecs.

The Aztecs were wealthier than the Inca. For the Aztecs, school was required, but for the Inca, it was only for the wealthy. The Aztec sacrificed more people because the sun god needed human blood in order for the sun to rise every day. Why do you think the Aztecs were smarter and wealthier than the Inca?