Tawantinsuyu or “Inca” 1200-1532 CE
Andean Region
From Colombia to Chile (2500 miles north to south)
From the coast to the Amazon (380,000 square miles in all)
1200 BCE – first Inca
Largest nation on earth
Cuzco (“navel”) was the capital
Legend of Inca origin
Quechua was the spoken language
Tawantinsuyu - Tawan means 4 – empire was divided into four regions
14,000 mile-long road system linking the capital to its empire (through the Andes)
Lodges, store houses, temples and posts along the way (roads kept clear no matter the location)
10 million subjects at its peak
Taxes in labor
Fierce warriors, but life was very peaceful
Daily life was spent at up to 15,000 ft
Ritual life up to 22,000 ft (in Chile)
Clothing was still minimal, even sandals were still used
The 3 laws:
Don’t steal,
Don’t lie
Don’t be lazy
Resulting in:
pushed from cliffs, hands, eyes or lips cut off, hung up to starve to death
Inca Architecture
Locking stones
Lacked any type of mortar
Used gold and silver
Story of cornfields and llamas
Irrigation System
Irrigation was complex and essentially in steppe farming
Have to reach multilevel sections
It was also a source of ritual
Developed methods of crop dusting
Highly advanced in cultivating crops
Religion
Polytheism
Worshipped the sun “Inti”
Condor represented heaven, anaconda for the underworld, Puma was the brother who resided on earth
Human sacrifice/child sacrifice (used chicha)
Mummies (royalty found in frozen peaks of the Andes) Kings did not rob dead kings
Story of Tanta Carhua
Complex calendaring
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