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in this, the land was divided between the church, state, and locals

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Division of land, Inca and previou

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inca economic system designed to meet institutional demands, declared that they owned everything, and they were giving it out to the people in exchange for labor

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supply on command

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the labor tax, “to take a turn”, .

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Mit’a

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reported the census data

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Hatun runa

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one who carried out mit’a duties

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Mat’ayuq

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“lifelong servants” to the inca state, possibly metal workers, fine textile weavers

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Yanakuna

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know of this via the visitas records, not too far from cuzco, gold and silver miners, construction in the cuzco area, retainers for wayna qhapaq, feather workers, weavers, dye makers, flock workers, military

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Chupacho labor service

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wayna qhapaq decded to establish these, brought in 14,000 people, certain places set aside for ritual goods for inti

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state farms

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western part of bolivia, wayna qhapaq is said to have visited there on his tour and decided to set up a farm

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cochabamaba

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sacred field in the sacred valley, set aside for inti, thought to have been one of the original fields that the incas marked when they came to the valley.

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sausero

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large stroehouses, thousands and thousands of storehouses in large complexes, found in all the places you might need supplies, pachakuti probably started them

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Qollqa

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master craftsperson, makes the finest of the textiles, finest other goods,

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Kamayuq

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.produced the closest thing to money for the inca, used a back strap loom

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Weaving

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essential to weaving, women would do it constantly with a drop spindle

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Spinning

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thick, used for blankets, durable, coarse, not as fine, not as tight, mostly for warmth

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Chusi

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common cloth, everyday clothing, maybe dyed, but not very elaborate

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Awasqa

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very fine, usually vicuna, tapestry weave, very tight, elaborate patterns, sometimes viscacha fur or bat fur

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Qompi

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red fringe, on the inca headdress, symbol of power made of textiles,

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Mascaypacha

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sash that secured the everyday wear, long rectangular cloth that is wrapped around

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Chumpi

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rectangualar tunic worn by the men, with a long cape over the top and a loin cloth underneath

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Unqo

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qompi masters, men weavers who did the feather textiles and made fine cloth for the nobility

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Qompi kamayuq

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made textiles for the king

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Mamakuna

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around lake titicaca, community establsihe to weave esxclusively 1000 households, they produced clothing for wayna qhapaq’s army, were given land to farm and support themselves.

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Milliraya

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this was used differently than other civilizations, commonly found in figurines

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Metallurgy

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wrote technology of power
Heather Lechtman
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book written about metallurgy by Heather Lechtman
Technology of power
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large rocks with ore that were worshipped
Mama acha
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lareg sun image in the qorikancha, taken out to greet the sun each day and then returned, filled with the ashes of the organs of the kings
Punchao
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this was fairly basic, one person working on their own gallery
Mining
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not as important as textiles, were fired very hot
Pottery
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ceramics, held things for the inca for ceremonies, held chich
Aryballoids
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very high quality cups for drinking chicha,
keros
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stone working
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method used for fitting one incan stone to another
scribe (scribe and cope)
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became the base for spanish expeditions into south america
panama
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illegitimate child of an army captain, with balboa, was one of the first explorers to see the pacific ocean, leads the expeditions into south america
Francisco Pizarro
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partnered with Pizarro, goes back to panama after they run out of supplies the second time
Diego de Almagro
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goes on a scouting mission to the south and captures a balsa rafter with merchants, takes them hostage
Bartolome Ruiz
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arrive here in 1531, in ecuador, attack the city and take it over for a year until reinforcements come in 1532
Coaque
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land here on the peru coast in 1532 with 168-250 men, 60 horses, head south to modern day piura
Tumbes
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brother to fernando, is sent with De Soto to speak with Atawallpa in Cajamarca
Hernando Pizarro
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went on expeditions with Orellana, younger brother of Francisco Pizarro
Gonzalo Pizarro
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Pizarro's dominican priest, approaches atawallpa with a cross and bible, says to embrace catholicism,
Vincente de Valverde
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for this atawallpa says he will fill a room once with gold and twice with cilver
Atahualpa ransom
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king of spain, angered by the execution of atawallpa
King Carlos V
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pizarro would give his men an area of land, were supposed to protect the people there, but they could also extract taxation and labor
Encomiendas
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first spanish intalled inca ruler, brother of waskhar, died soon after
Thupa Wallpa
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another son of wayna qhapaq, installed as the second spanish selected ruler, has trouble getting the support of the incas, becomes the leader of the resistance
Manqo Inca
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this was led by manqo inca, went on for a year before the soldiers left to tend their fields
Siege of Cuzco
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modern day lima, native forces attacked, spanish were successful
Cuidad de Los Reyes
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.1537, fight between pizarro and almagro,
almagro takes over cuzco, inputs paullu inka as king
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made magistrate of cuzco
Juan Polo Ondegardo
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where ondegardo supposedly sent the mummies
Hospital of San Andres
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last stronghold of the inca, held out by manqo inka
Vilcabamba
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1572 takes over leadership after manqo inka dies.
Thupa Amaru
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governor of peru, appointed, started the reduccion
Viceroy Toledo
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what the spanish did to resettle people, moved them into towns so they could control them,
Reduccion
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.effects of conquest on native peoples
some think only 5% of coastal populations were left after all the diseases
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when the inca incorporated a town, they would
redefine boundaries and separate lands into areas of church, state, and locals
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the church land was used to cultivate
ritual goods like llamas and chicha
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the state lands were used to cultivate
whatever the inca wanted
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the local people land would be used to
support the local peoples
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who divided the local peoples' land
the kuraka, as it was controlled by the ayllu
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garcilaso reported that no one went hungry in the incan empire because
the state provided, it was socialized
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the coastal economies were different than the highlands in that
they were more specialized
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most Mit'a lasted
2-3 months, depending on what you were doing, could be gone for years
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T/F there were some exemptions for the mit'a
true
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group that lived on lake titicaca, the inca thought they were incompetent, name meant worm, they were only required to turn in a basket of rice every month
the uros
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the incas saw agriculture as
warfare
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what would the inca do to conquered herds of camelids
co-opt the herds for themselves, separate them like the lands, bring in specialized herders for the large herd
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T/F you could find both square and round qollqas in the same place
false
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in the mantero valley they found 2753 qollqa with how much space
170,000 meters cubed
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this location had lines of storage houses on the hillside to the south of the complex, they had gravel floors, drainage areas,
huanuco pampa
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specialists were in direct service of the
state, and weren't in the labor tax
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the key to an empire with lots of languages and dialects was
standardized art methods and styles
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what group was told that they couldn't use and incan designs
the chimu
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who created the kamayuqs
wayna qhapaq
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what is said to have been a ceramic center
cajamarca
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gold was seen as | silver was seen as
sweat of the sun | tears of the moon
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what was the basis behind technology of power
not for ulititarian uses, but because it represent deities, transforming the earth into something symbolic
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Pizarro leaves panama partnered with Almagro and runs out of supplies in
1524
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when did Pizarro and his men make their first appearance off the coast of the incan route
1526
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when does the king start to fund pizarro
1530
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what was atawallpas death deal
he could die by fire or convert to catholicism and die by strangulation
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how do almagro and pizarro die
almagro via francisco via hernando | francisco via almagro's supporters
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what did ondegardo do the mummies
had them sent to the coast but not destroyed
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why did the state need to strategize the use of fields?
they couldn't use bulk good very far
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what kind of language did the incas use to justify their comandeering of the land
kinship terms, familial relationships
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in order to have a agricultural victory the incas needed
the support of supernatural forces
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who most likely started the qollqa system
pachakuti
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what did the qollqas have to preserve items
gravel floors, drainage ditches, wind tunnels
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majors in the military would wear these,
bird feathers, hummingbird feathers were very fancy
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this pattern was said to have been worn in the military
checkerboard pattern
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this pattern was said to be of the nobility
key design
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how much was atawallpas ransom valued at
60 million in gold
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"Dancing Sickness" | a millenarian movement intended to reject all things european and restore traditional andean order
Taki Onkoy
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a man who would return to the andes to free the native [eoples from the bondage into which the spanish conquest had cast them
Inkarri

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