“In this ethnographic self-analysis Guaman Poma anticipates the stance of several modern Peruvian writers” Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s in his work “Tocay Capac” explains in details the story of the first Inca. With some short stories, the readers learn all about various aspects of the Inca culture, the colonial times and the Spanish conquest. As the quote above shows, Poma de Ayala wrote about different people, where one of them was Tocay Capac. He was the first Inca King, who came from Adam and Eve, “…came from the aforementioned legitimate descendants of Adam and Eve and the progeny of Noah…”(pg.32). Tocay, Ynga and Pinau were the first authentic human beings that represented Incas.
After the Spanish regained control of Cuzco, Manco Inca (The Inca Emperor) and his armies retreated to the fortress where he successfully launched attacks against Pizarro based at Cuzco and even managed to defeat the Spanish in an open battle. However, the Inca Emperor knowing that he could not fight a war in which almost everyone one of his people died from fled to the south in the mountains in Vilcabamba. There they founded a new Inca Empire which would remain independent for some decades. Tupac Amaru was the last Inca Emperor, he would later be murdered and the Spanish would take over Vilcabamba, even the Spanish King didn 't like this final destruction of the Inca Empire and did not want his death. However the Viceroy of Peru killed him
The Incan practice of mitmaqkuna was policy that Incans uses to prevent enemies or people they captured to rebel. The mitmaqkuna is the term for person sent away from their core territory to carry out specialized tasks. Also they wanted to break up the large population. , so they relocated them hundreds of kilometers away. They controlled the groups of the mitmaqkuna.
The Incas Empire capital was located in Cuzco, which is in modern day Peru (Boyer et al. 9). Much of the success that came to this empire was because of the advancement of agriculture, just like that of the Aztec Empire. The Incas people created new technologies so that they could increase their crop production for larger populations. This civilization also built irrigation systems for the agriculture, and constructed roads and bridges (Boyer et al. 9).
Their environment affected their culture greatly. They would fish on the coast, and hunt in the mountains. Life in the Andes mountains may not have been the easiest thing in the world, but the Incas still managed to survive. They would build bridges from mountain peak to peak and over gorges for easier and shorter transportation. At around 1460 A.D. their empire split into 4 quarters, Collasuyu (also known as Qullasuyu), Antisuyu, Chinchaysuyu, Cuntinsuyu.
They were planning how they could escape alive. The Sapa Inca let Fransisco Pizarro and his band of 167 soldiers arrive in the city unharmed. He greeted them warmly. Pizarro
Pachacuti was a powerful and ambitious emperor who takes control in 1438. Under Pachacuti the Inca conquered lands holding up to 16 million people. For the Inca’s government all they really did was divide and conquer lands into smaller units to govern more easily. This empire was more of a mountain empire because of how the empire was around
Pizzaro’s army had swords and guns, unlike the Inca. One of the difficulties that the Inca Empire faced was smallpox, which wiped out thousands of people. Not to mention, the battle with Atahualpa’s half brother. In the end Pizzaro captured Atahualpa (the leader of the Inca Empire). With this leverage, Pizzaro received twenty four tons of gold and silver if he returned the Inca’s leader.
Inca people were located in modern day Peru, the capital of Cusco. The place that they were located is nicknamed the “lost city”. The place was called the lost city because the city was never found by the Spanish invaders when they conquered the Inca in the 1500’s. By the early 1500’s the Inca people were located 200 miles north to
The Aztec empire ruled most of Central America while the Inca Empire stretched through most of South - West America (Peru). Spanish conquistadors ‘colonised’ the Aztec empire within a period
With this, it can be assumed that the Inca people lived within a possibly harsh system of government where those who don’t work, don’t receive the same treatment, respect, or means of survival as those who do. Not tolerating laziness shows that the Inca people built their empire from the effort of those in their
Their time periods and capital were Pre and golden and the capital was tenochtitlan. Last but not least the Inca’s location was located in south america in what is now chile and columbia. It was humid and there were lots of mountains. Their time periods were the same as
the location is much different from each other. The Incas were located in South America Andes Mountain of Peru. The Aztecs were located in what is known today as Mexico. The Incas constructed what is known as one of the new 7 wonders of the world. Machu Picchu was constructed sometime around 1450.
After taking this tour I became more curious about the Inca culture and even purchased a book including pictures of Machu Picchu and Inca artifacts. For this research paper I will write about the Inca culture regarding their beliefs and perception on the after life. The Incas were known to be the largest and most powerful
