ARCH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Pachacuti, Machu Picchu
27 Jun 2018
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The Inca Empire (1438-1533)
Came in power after the Chimu
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Along the pacific coast from Ecuador and Chile
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Had a large army--80,000 people--very strict in their conquered groups
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Ethnic Incas were only represented in 1% of their population
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The civilization the Europeans encountered when they entered South
America in the 1500s
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The Inca called their nation Tawantinsuyu (means four parts
together--10 million people were apart of the Inca Empire)
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Mitmaqkuna – The Inca term for the people of conquered lands who
the Inca then separated and dispersed by resettling them, all in an effort
to prevent their rebelling against the Inca state (Feder 2017:475) **--
treated them well, but forbidden to interact with other Mitmaqkuna
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Mit’a- The Inca term for the labor required of its citizens devoted to
state projects (Feder 2017:473)--claim ownership but allow the citizens
to use it in exchange for labor for projects throughout the Empire
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Inca rulers were called Inca
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Practiced split-inheritance--where when the kings died, their son would
inherit the throne but not the kings wealth***
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Inca Capital city located at Cuzco--similar to other Indian states--the
most important for administrative and religious centers--center of the
city has to most important ceremonial centers--
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The holiest was the temple of the Sun (Inti, the sun God)--covered in
god but was melted down and taken away by the Spanish conquest
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Cuzco is in the shape of a puma or cougar
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Inca's created agricultural terraces--in a step system --particularly grew
potatoes and corn
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Well known for their roads--had extensive roads--40,000km of road
throughout their (they also had rope suspension bridges)
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Chaski--runners--run information from and to people
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Khipu: A system of knotted strings used to record information **
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Khipucamayuq--the people who actually recorded the information--
recording numerical information, so census details, economic
transactions--there are about 600 khipu
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Images of Inca Terraces and Textiles
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Machu Picchu – Peru
Important Incan site. Hiram Bingham visited Machu Picchu in
1911.
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He was the first scientist to document the site.
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He thought he had found the site of Vilcabamba
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Machu Picchu was built between 1450 and 1470 for Inca ruler
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui.
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Atahualpa - Inca leader who was in power when the Spanish arrived in
Peru
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Francisco Pizarro - Spanish Conquistador
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South American Civilizations (pg. 519-521**)
Monday, December 4, 2017
11:23 AM
Document Summary
Along the pacific coast from ecuador and chile. Had a large army--80,000 people--very strict in their conquered groups. Ethnic incas were only represented in 1% of their population. The civilization the europeans encountered when they entered south. The inca called their nation tawantinsuyu (means four parts together--10 million people were apart of the inca empire) Mit"a- the inca term for the labor required of its citizens devoted to state projects (feder 2017:473)--claim ownership but allow the citizens to use it in exchange for labor for projects throughout the empire. Practiced split-inheritance--where when the kings died, their son would inherit the throne but not the kings wealth*** Inca capital city located at cuzco--similar to other indian states--the most important for administrative and religious centers--center of the city has to most important ceremonial centers-- The holiest was the temple of the sun (inti, the sun god)--covered in god but was melted down and taken away by the spanish conquest.
