HST 197 Lecture Notes - Lecture 52: Staple Food, Lake Titicaca, Mnemonic
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Cities and secular government began to overshadow ceremonial centers and priestly regimes. A series of autonomous states organized public affairs after chavin and moche societies disappeared in the andean south america. These states frequently clashed, not rarely did they gain long-term advantage over one another. They controlled areas either in the mountainous highlands or in the valleys and coastal plains. This kingdom dominated the highland regions around lake titicaca. They depended on the cultivation of potatoes and herding of llamas and alpacas. They built terraced fields built with stone retaining walls. Potatoes served as the staple food of the highlanders" diet. Llamas provided meat and wool, hides and dung. Highlanders trade wool and potatoes for maize and cocoa leaves from societies in the valleys. They brewed a beer like beverage with maize. Emerged in the 10th century and expanded to dominate 900 kilometers of the. Chimu governed a large and thriving society.
