Incas Flashcards

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Incan Hierarchy

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*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

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Who is the Tucuricul (Túcuyricuy)

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*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

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3
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The emperor was seen as a ________

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son of the sun god Inti

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4
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The ___________ became the biggest Empire.

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Incas

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Incan Characteristics

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*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)

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Incan Train

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*6 Countries
*Quito-Cusco is the main path
*Chasquis - Messengers
*Connected Incan Empires

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7
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Who is Francisco Pizarro?

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Began the Conquest of the Incans

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8
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Capital of Incans

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Cuzco is located in the Andean highlands.

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9
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Incan Architecture

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*STONE

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10
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Main Incan celebrations

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*Inti Raymi (June 22-June 24)
- a big thank you for the crops to the sun god

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