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Incas
The Incas were spread along the west coast of South America. They were prominent from the 12th to the 16th centuries. They are known for their art, architecture, mathematics, and astronomy.
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What did the Incas use for there transport?
the incas mainly used donkeys for transport they had never seen horses until the spanish conquered them
What did the Inca leader pachacuti accomplish?
Pachacuti accomplished the largest ancient empire in the Americas
What are the reasons why Cortez conquered all the Aztecs?
Cortez killed the Aztecs because of the 3 G's. God, Gold, Glory. God: the Spanish wanted to spread cathlicism. Aztecs wouldn't accept it. Gold: Cortez thought the Aztecs were hiding gold. But the Aztecs were not hiding gold (they didn't even know what gold was!!). Cortez would not believe the Aztecs when they told him they had no gold. Glory: [note: I'm not sure if this last reason is true] The spanish killed the Aztecs (at least partly) because they can.
What did the aztcs use to sacrifice people?
The Aztecs favorite [ and preffered] method of a sacrifice was taking the catured warrior, etc, to the top of one of there pyramids. there the high priest would rip out there heart , cut of there head , place it one a rack, and kick the corpse down the pyramids stairwell. gross huh? in some cases hat was left of the captured warrior at the botttom of the stairwell was eaten.
How did the incas control their empire?
They had a leadership hierarchy that kept order in far out reaches of the empire. They also had excellent communication since they had runners who could travel with news between areas--via a huge road system.
What happened to king Atahualpa?
He was eventually executed by the Spaniards using the garotte method.
(A garotte is a ligature of wire or rope or similar material and is used to strangle someone.)
What happened with cortess contact with the Aztecs?
the aztecs thought cortes was a messenger of their god
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui rather????? (or Pachacutec) was the ninth Sapa Inca (1438-1471/1472) of the Kingdom of CUsco, which he transformed into the empire Tawantinsuyo.
1100- 1500 then it got conquered by spanish conquistadors
How were the Aztec and Incas civilization the similar and different?
The Aztec and Incas highly respected the Gods who they believed gave them their crops, rain, and food. They both had a unique way of architecture, such as the material used to make houses. An example would be the Incas, who built their houses out of adobe. Both believed in living in tribes. It was an How_are_Inca_and_Aztecs_alikeway to keep a society in order and together without much dispute. Successful technology also kept both communities abundant. Canals brought the Incas water while chinampas brought the Aztecs water.
- Religions
- Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
- Science and technology
- The arts and architecture
What was the Inca City of the Sun?
Cusco was the capital city of the Incan Empire and was also known as the "City of the Sun". The city was founded in 1100 CE by the Killke people (a people pre-dating the Incans). The city grew to prominence under Incan habitation and served as the capital of the empire from the 13th century until its fall in to the Spanish conquests in the 16th century.
The Incas had a very advanced society with an complex system of government, a detailed social structure, high levels of organisation and knowledge of engineering techniques. They were capable of building large, impressive structures and cities in very difficult geographic settings, such as the hidden mountain fortress of Machu Picchu. They developed an intricate system of recording and communication represented in a Quipu, a set of multicoloured and knotted strings. The knowledge of how to read these has since been lost. These are elements that would imply that the Incas were a very civilized society.
On the other hand, the Incas were violent and bloodthirsty people, although not as much so as the more famous Aztec Empire. They were very superstitious and highly religious, but so was every other state during this period. They had no comprehension of modern science or mathematics - does this make them uncivilized? I do not believe so. They used slavery, mainly of war prisoners, but this too was not unusual.
Consequently, I believe that the Incan empire can be classified as a very civilized society, in view of their achievements, abilities and organisation. This is of course just a personal opinion, however, because the level of civilization any society possesses is determined by the interpretation and definition of civilization each person applies.
In what present day countries were the Aztec and the Inca Empire's located?
They were found in the lower parts of mexico close the the islands down their for the aztecs and the inca were settled more on the land close to the aztects
