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Inca
Origins
• High plateau of Andes Mountians
• Settled in Valley of Cuzco
• 1200 had established small kingdom
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Origins
• Belief that Incan ruler was descendant of the Sun
God- Inti
• Only men from 11 different noble lineages
Empire
• 1438 Pachacuti
• Concurred all of Peru
• 1500 empire spanned 2,500 mi along coast
• 16 million people
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Empire
• Diplomacy and military force
• Gave enemy chance to surrender
Inca Government
• Divided empire into units
• Strong economy
• Large road system
• Created schools
Government
• Total control
• Economic and social
• Control of production and trade of goods
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Ayllu
• Extended family
• Chief led family
• All worked together
Mita
• Tribute as labor
• Work for state for certain amount of years
• Similar to socialism today
• State took care of people in hardships
Religion
• Fewer gods than Aztecs
• Nature spirits
• Inca god of creation- Viracocha
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Religion
• Mamakuna
• Yamacuna
• Virgins of the sun
• Unmarried
• Trained in religious
activities
• Full time workers of
the state
• Religious activities
Religion
• Temple of the Sun
• Cuzco religious capital in Empire
• Machu Picchu
Fall of the Empire
• Emperor Huayna Capac dies
• Empire is split between sons
• Atahualpa claims to empire
• Civil war follows
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Fall of Inca
• About this time Spanish arrive
• Take advantage of weakness of Inca
• Beringia- Bering Straight
• “Mother Cultures” Olmec and Zapotecs
• Location and geography of Olmecs and Zapotecs
• Mayan, Aztecs, and Inca geography, gov’t and religion
• Sacrifices of the Mayans, Aztecs, and Inca
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