Incas Flashcards
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quipus
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- a record-keeping device of the Inca empire consisting a a series of variously colored strings attached to a base rope and knotted so as to encode information
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terrace
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- designed to slow or prevent the rapid run-off of irrigation water or soil. Often such land is formed into multiple terraces, giving a “stepped” appearance
3
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the Inca
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- largest of early american civilizations
- western highlands of south america
- Cuzco: capital city
4
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built on war
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- men 25-50 years old
- 5 years of service
- “Draft”
- clubs, spears, spiked copper balls on ropes
5
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pachacuti and topa
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- time of expansion
- AD 1438
- Quechua language
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daily life
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- 10k+ miles of stone-paved roads
- Quipus: record keeping with strings
- terracing
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spanish conquistadors
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- AD 1533
- Incan culture today
