HUMAN 1B Lecture 1: Week 1, HUMAN 1B
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Machu picchu (old) (1400s inca temple and fortress in today"s peru) Incan empire was strongest in the 1400s. First, the amazing power of incan empire, and people"s ability to adapt when being colonized by europeans. Secondly, a horrible reality of empire causing much destruction. Three, colonization about history, and something you can argue. Conquest is a story the conquerors tell themselves. What do they tell you about empire and its ruins. Colonial vs conquest: conquest was when fighting happened, colonial is when mind tricks really happen, more structured exploitation. Historians are obsessed with time and place. Time: early 1400s to the early 1500s. Inca empire: ruled 2,500 miles and had millions in their reign. They grew maize, quinoa, chu u, charqui were grown in the inca empire. It"s very difficult to grow in the andes, very dry very cold. They increased agricultural product because of this. I case wear uncus of cumbi cloth.
