Incas

The language the Incas spoke was called Quechua, pronounced like 'catch-wa'. Quechua still exists as a language today in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with 10.4 million speakers.

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Spain destroyed the Native American Empires of the Incas and Aztecs
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The Inca empire was located throughout the Andes Mountains.

The Inca people made terraces for growing their crops and farmed on the side of a mountain. They used canals which functioned like what we call an irrigation system. They sometimes used the organic nutrients from the remains of llamas and animal waste as fertilizer on the crops.

Both civilizations built canals to water crops.

incas : peru {andes}

mayas : middle of america

aztecs : mexico

The Leader of the Incas was called Sapa Inca he was the highest of all the Incas and was the only man who could marry his sister.

The Aztecs are known for the trade and medical advances they made. The capital of Aztlan (name of the country of the Aztecs) was Tenochtitlan.

They are similar because they are to very ancient empires and they both got conquered at one point and they all died. Not very helpful answer.........

While the Spanish did have better weapons and horses, there were two other main things that allowed them to conquer the central American and south American civilizations.

For the Aztecs, one major thing that permitted them to be conquered was that they believed that Hernando Cortes was one of their gods returning to them, and so they did not challenge him until it was too late.

For all of the civilizations, the main thing that destroyed them was European diseases. The Central and South American civilizations had never been introduced to the diseases that were common in Europe and therefore, had no antibodies or cures for them. Millions of the Native people were killed of because of these diseases and it gave the Spanish a very large advantage.

They did not write, but passed down all their knowledge orally. They used rope with string hanging down in knots called "quipu / kipu" as a method to remembering things and events.

The Inca government was centralized, with the ruler being a descendant of the Sun God Inti. The ruler would not be considered a god while he was living, but was treated as such. The ruler would marry his sister, and he cannot many "humans". But then their child would not necessarily be heir to the throne. Concubines could have his child and the child that was most suited was chosen. When the ruler died, he was mummified, and his body kept around during the early years of his successor. This was done so that the successor may speak to the predecessor for advice. Most of the government howver was a large bureaucracy and each person had his own responsibility. The more powerful you were, the more people you controlled.

There was a state religion and women called "Aclla" were the virgins who either became condubines or performed religious duties. The Sun God Inti was the most powerful, but there were various other gods and there was also ancestral worship.

The common people were divided into clan called "ayllus". To join a clan, one traced both your male and female ancestor's lines. You married within your clan and interacted with the government through your clan. You also paid your taxes through the clan.

The Inca also had a controlled state economy. The government would take a percentage from a clan as tribute. Elderly, who could not do hard labor, would make textile products as tribute.

In the Inca they had very serious laws. If you commited murder you were thrown off a cliff. If you stole or cheated your hands and feet were to be cut off and fed to the animals. ☺

The Inca traded squash, sweet potatoes, and fruits like pineapples and papaya.

The lower valleys provided sweet potatoes, maize, manioc, squash, beans, chili peppers, peanuts, and cotton.

The hills above produced white potatoes, a cereal grain called Quinta, coca, medicine, feathers, and animal skins.

The highlanders specialized in manufacture and crafts, including gold working.

Gold was their favorite thing to trade.Also the Inca did not when they not trade but when they did they traded within their community

The Spanish conquered both the Aztecs and Incas in various campaigns that began in 1519 and ended in 1572. The Aztec Empire was declared officially conquered in 1521 with the capture of Tenochtitlan and its emperor Cuauhtémoc, a feat carried out by a coalition led by Hernan Cortez. The Inca Empire, on the other hand, took decades to fall even after Francisco Pizarro embarked on the Battle of Cajamarca in 1532. Spain declared their people subdued by 1572.

A vast network of roads and trade routes

the mayan influenced the aztec by making food that was sweet first

Yes. The incas wouldn't do it the same exact way that we did, but they would do service. They had no money so they would do stuff like help build bridges

Yes They Loved Paying Taxes Cause They Are Cool Kids!

Hernando Cortes was responsible for the Aztecs defeat. But the Incas were never conquered by a conquistador the seemed to disappeared before the Europeans came along.

The Incas played a ball game called Tlachtli. This was a popular game played in nearly all the ancient Mesoamerican cultures.

The Aztecs controlled territory that extends outward from Central Mexico. The Mayans controlled Southern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. The Incans controlled the majority of the modern nations of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, but their territory also extended into Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile.

They built terraces. Which are steplike ledges cut into mountains to make land suitable for farming.

Valderama, the columbian soccer player. The legend has it that the sun god was bored and wanted to entertain him self, so he fornicated with his wife and she gave birth to a hairy baby and they called him Valderama (A.K.A hairy baby).

Valderama (A.K.A hairy baby) was born with a ball to his foot, wherever he went he kicked it until he represented him seld in the wolrd cup 19something…

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In the history of the Americas many achievements have been made. Most of these achievements had come from the Maya, Inca, and Aztec Empires. Each civilization was greatly advanced in the topics agriculture, writing, and engineering and astronomy.

Astronomy was one of the greatest achievements of the Mayan Empire. The Mayan Empire knew how many days were in a year and showed that they knew fall spring equinox. They demonstrated their knowledge of astronomy on their Pyramid of Kukulkan which they built their city around. The Mayan had 365 steps leading up the pyramid of Kukulkan one for each day of the year. They also demonstrated their knowledge of astronomy through the autumn and spring equinox. Every spring and fall equinox a snake shadow would slither down the pyramid leading to their sacred water source.

The Mayan also developed a calendar according to their knowledge of astronomy. Another great achievement of the Mayan Empire is their system of writing. The Mayan Empire had a system of writing based on nearly 800 signs in which each sign represent a full syllable. This style of writing is called glyphs and is still unknown today. But from these glyphs we are able to assume that they can read and write and therefore have written records.

One of the greatest achievements for the Incan Empire was their agriculture. The Incan Empire used a farming technique called terrace. This is when they cut into the mountain creating what looks like huge steps. These steps are now flat and not pointing downhill so they are able to farm on them. The Inca were also very advanced in their engineering skills. The Incas had a complex system of roads uniting its Empire through the Andes Mountains. The Inca Empire had to build their road through the Andes Mountains so they had to go up and down the hills/mountains which made it much harder.

Another civilization advanced in engineering was the Aztec Empire. They used their engineering techniques to build tall building, roads, canoes, canals, artificial causeways, bridges, temples, and houses. The Aztec Empire was built on and island and on this island they expanded it using some of their engineering techniques. Another topic in which they were advanced was agriculture. They used artificial islands to grow their crops. This was called floating gardens or chinampas. The islands were usually 15 to 30 feet big. With this technique their crops would get plenty of water so they would not have to water them as often.

The Maya, Inca and Aztec were all successful in many different ways. Through their advanced knowledge of engineering, agriculture astronomy and writing they have created many achievements. These civilizations can be considered great for their achievements.