Geography 2020A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Túpac Amaru Ii, Huayna Capac, Viceroy
19 Jan 2018
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Incans more unified empire- built buildings for food securities. Incredible land terracing schemes and arrogation: they imposed religion and culture and language to dominated cultures. Stretched 2500 km one of the largest empires in the world. Like aztecs: at peak: unlike aztecs: amore united imperial state (approx. 10,000 unarmed courtiers) atawalpa promises god and silver to spare his life (freedom) he still killed and beheaded nevertheless, charged with treason beheaded: 1533 spanish capture cuzco shortly after killing atawalpa. Incan realm as in mayan realm, huge initial pop. collapse, but stabilization and rebound. (90% or more decline in population) Indigenous demography: greatest rebound in mesoamerica and the andes, guatemala, south mexico, bolivia, ecuador, and peru. In guatemala and andean highlands, very strong presence, first language is their indigenous la(cid:374)guage, so(cid:373)e still do(cid:374)(cid:859)t speak (cid:373)u(cid:272)h pa(cid:374)ish. 1 million: they continue to struggle of autonomy and land.
