Chapter 14: Bringing the Four Parts Together: States and Empires in the Andes Flashcards
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Tawantinsuyu
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the Inca name for their empire meaning “the four parts together”
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Chavín de Huántar
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- major ceremonial center in the Andean highlands constructed around 800 b.c.
- major turning point in the development of Andean social complexity
- little feasting and politics
- Chavín was not an empire or city
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Lanzón
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fanged sculpture at the core of the temple at Chavín de Huántar which likely had powerful effect on temple visitors with psychoactive drugs
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Inca Empire
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- aka Tawantinsuyu
- thrived for over a century with over 12 million people from northern Chile to Ecuador
5
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Francisco Pizarro
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- 168 Spanish soldiers vs 80,000 Inca soldiers
- $50 million in jewels and melted gold ransom on ruler Atawallpa
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Atawallpa
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killed after paying ransom which lead to the fall of Inca Empire
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Waskhar
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Atawallpa’s half-brother who fought a lot then captured and killed with family
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Panaqa
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- the collective descendants of the Inca emperor
- controlled royal estates such as agricultural fields, pastures, forests, and mines, provided physical support for the emperor and his descendants
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Machu Picchu
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an Inca royal estate on a high mountain peak at the western end of the Urubamba Valley
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Feasting and the Exchanging in Inca Society
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- gifts were important
- elite hosted feasts of corn beer, coca leaves, meat, and music for their subjects
- unique aspect of the Inca political economy
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Hua’nuco Pampa
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an Inca centre were local farmers ate and partied
12
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Khipu
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a system of knotted strings used by the Inca to record information
13
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Tuberculosis
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- can be found on skeletal deformities or by extracting samples of ancient DNA (DNA better proof)
- present in the Americas before European contact (Chiribaya Peruvian group)
