Incas Flashcards
Incan Hierarchy
*SAPA INCA
*THE FAMILY
*Nobles
*Village UMU (High Priest)
*INCA - People descended from people who first established the city of Cusco
*Commoners -
*CARACAS - Leaders from Conquered Tribes
*Panaka - around people who died
Who is the Tucuricul (Túcuyricuy)
*He who sees everyone
*high-ranking official
*responsible for maintaining social order, implementation of laws
* eyes of the emperor, ensuring that the laws of both man and god were followed
*noble class
The emperor was seen as a ________
son of the sun god Inti
The ___________ became the biggest Empire.
Incas
Incan Characteristics
*1438 CE to 1533 CE.
*Capital: Cuzco, located in the Andean highlands.
*western coast of South America (modern-day Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, and parts of Argentina and Colombia)
* Language - Quechua (not written)
*Mummification - reincarnation
*Crime - Death Penalty, Against the Gods, Forced to share if still living (Shame Culture)
*Terracing, Agriculture (Potatoes, maize, and quinoa)
*POLYTHEISTIC -Inti and Viracocha (creator god)
Incan Train
*6 Countries
*Quito-Cusco is the main path
*Chasquis - Messengers
*Connected Incan Empires
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Began the Conquest of the Incans
Capital of Incans
Cuzco is located in the Andean highlands.
Incan Architecture
*STONE
Main Incan celebrations
*Inti Raymi (June 22-June 24)
- a big thank you for the crops to the sun god