The Incas were one of the biggest grown civilizations in America. Within 100 years they had built a dominant empire, which stretched the entire length of the Andes Mountains.The Incas were a group who settled in the Cuzco Valley between 1000 and 1400 C.E. Being a peasant in this group came with many jobs, tasks, and hard work. The development of Inca daily life functioned well because of the peasants hard work, the class system, and family life style.
Inca jobs and occupations were needed to be able to survive from day to day. Peasants were the people who did all the work and jobs. By doing this, they were able to provide for their village, and others above them on the hierarchy. In the Middle Ages, there were many types of jobs and professions to be had. There were many jobs to be done, but the biggest job is farming. Farmers job consisted of farming the fields, growing food for the village, and maintaining the animals. Farmers grew many types of foods and crops. Some of the food they grew were corn, beans, quinoa, potatoes, maize, and many vegetables. This is what the Incas diet consisted of.
Although farming was the most important job to do, there were many others that were also important. Art and architecture were 2 of these jobs. In the Middle Ages, there were not many artists because they had to be so talented and skilled, that it was a gift to be one. Some examples of what artists created were weaving of vicuna wool, and cutting of stones. Weaving of vicuna wool was the highest quality of art, but not many people were able to do it because there were not many vicunas. The cutting of stones was also widely practiced by artists but depended on the trade for stones. Another job for peasants in the Middle Ages was archit...
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...s also very fun at times but there were many times that it was not so fun. Boys could be free of work up until the age of seven or eight. They then started to help out their dads with their job. Some boys helped herd, helped farm, or other helped their dad with being a craftsman. At the age of fourteen, was when a boy was considered an adult and got held a ceremony called huarachicoy. At this celebration, the boy received a loincloth hand woven by his mother.
Ultimately, the Incas were made up of many jobs, roles, and people. Some had to work extremely hard, and others had to sit back and enjoy life. The process of Inca daily life was strongly held together because of the peasants hard work, the class system, and family life style. Concludingly, the Incas were very strong and powerful people. They worked hard, had a strong government, and welcomed many new things.
The animals that were on the land were found to be basically fruits and vegetables. The Aztec’s and Inca’s seemed to eat only these things which were very healthy and good for their bodies. The Aztec’s and Incas seemed like a very well-devoted tribe to one another.
The Aztecs were a tribe that relied on corn a lot. Well, it wasn’t necessarily corn, it was actually a thing called maize. Maize is a corn like substance that they use for many things like tortillas that they could use to make other things with and put them with the tortillas. Some of this includes tomatoes, beans, squash, deer and other things. While the Aztecs relied on maize for many things, the Incas did not use at much corn as the Aztecs did. Instead their main diet was the food that there was when they traveled. The Incas had a very large spread of land that they traveled on. Instead of staying in one place the incas would get all the food from one place then they would go to another place and get all the food from there. After that they would go back to the original spot that they had been because all the food had grown
The Inca civilization started around 1200A.D. and was found in the Andes mountains in what is now Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.
The Aztecs and Incas served an important role in the primal Native American civilizations. They were similar and different with the treatment of women, the economy, and intellectual achievements. Economically, both civilizations used trade, tribute, and agriculture to build their economy. However, the Aztecs had a more mixed economy, used trade more frequently than the Incas, and had a merchant class whereas the Incan civilization had more governmental control. Intellectually, both civilizations achieved in fields such as architecture, and art; however, the Incan empire had a wider range of achievements, disregarding their lack of writing. Throughout both civilizations, women had a tough life and were underappreciated but comparing the two, Incan women had it better off due to parallel descent.
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.
In conclusion you can see how different the Inca and Aztec civilizations were, from government, to economy, and cultural to even human sacrificing. They were very
...c used a slash and burn style of farming and they relocated once the nutrients of the land were used up. The Incas were much more advanced. Labor specialization was common, especially in the large densely populated areas like Cuzco. The Incas made roads, had irrigation channels, fortresses, and mines. They used crop rotation and terracing and other advanced agricultural methods.
Did you know that Peru is one of the top ten countries to visit in the world? (UNWTO) Peru has unique music and energetic dances that are fun to see. The people are friendly and charming; they would be happy to help one find their way if they need help. But, the main reason Peru appears on the top ten list is because of its unique geographical features. Some examples are the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu and Cusco. The art and culture of the Peruvians, as well as the people themselves,and the popular places to go, are what tourists like to see in Peru.
The Incas art was not just for aesthetic purposes, it was often used in day to day life. They used ceramics to create bowls and dishes, the royalty would only drink out of gold or silver cups, and they would often make bags out of textile. Since at the time they did not have a potter's wheel to assist in the making of ceramics everything was made by hand. The type of pottery they made would often be used to store maize and decorated with abstract plants and geometric designs. The metalwork that the Incas made was mainly for decor or jewelry, they said that gold was the sweat of the sun and silver was the tears of the moon. The rich and royal would only drink out of gold or silver cups and often their shoes had silver
Many arguments have occurred over the centuries since the Spanish marched into the Andean highlands and took over the Incan empire, over whether the Incan's were part of an ideal human society, or just a group of tyrannical rulers. While the Incan society had created a stable political, economic, and social system in the Andean world it was far from being an ideal society. On the same note, the Incan's were not tyrannical rulers, did not exploit their subjects or take away their land for no reason. The reading entitled "Was Inca Rule Tyrannical?" discusses this argument about the Incan empire, tries to classify the form of government the Incan's lived under, and searches for the truth about what the Incan empire was really like. The truth about the Incan empire lies somewhere between the romanticized views, and the views meant to justify the Spanish conquest, while it is impossible to classify in modern terms the form of government the Incan's had.
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,
...able land was being used up. The Incas agricultural advancement was terrace farming. Farmers expanded these step terraces that were built by earlier people. On steep hills, strips of land were carved out so it could be held in place by stone walls. The terraces that were created prevented the rain from washing away the soil as well as the crops that were planted. It made possible for farming to be done in area where there was little to no flat land at all. The Inca government took control over these harvests, spreading it to people evenly storing the rest for later purposes.
Kathryn book Life in the Pueblo is based on excavations that she did at Lizard Man Village (Kamp, 1997). This was a small pueblo located in Arizona which is believed to be inhabited between 11th and 13th century. These ancient excavations were first carried out by United States Forest Service and were parts of Grinnell College field school (Kamp, 1997). The aim of the book was to describe Lizard Man Village and present excavation processes and analysis. Kamp 1997 offers archaeological interpretation of the site in relation to the past understandings. She bring out successfully three narratives. These narratives include ethnographic data in relationship to traditional accounts from Hopi (a place which is believed to be the first resident of Lizard Man) (Kamp, 1997). He also bring out clearly the issue of archaeology as well as fictional account basing it on both ethnography and archaeology.
The book Daily Life of the Aztecs: On the Eve of the Spanish Conquest written by Jacques Soustelle gives a great insight into the Aztec people and their immersive culture. This book is set in Tenochtitlan and covers the span of the Aztec civilization to their invasion by the Spanish Conquistadors. This book brilliantly discusses the Aztec civilization like never before. I hope to show the importance of Aztec religion and education to their society as a whole.
Because of the mountainous terrain, it was difficult for them to farm. Similar to the Aztecs, they also invented a way to farm in their challenging environment. The Incas came up with the idea of terraces (Document 6). These were steps or flat level areas carved in to the mountains that made it easier to farm. Another agricultural achievement of the Incans was the widespread construction of irrigation channels.