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RELIGION
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The Inca believed in reincarnation. Those who obeyed the Incan moral code-ama suwa, ama llulla, ama quella (do not steal, do not lie, do not be lazy)-"went to live in the Sun's warmth while others spent their eternal days in the cold earth". The Inca... |
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ORIGIN
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Many ancient Andean peoples traced their origins to ancestral deities. Multiple ayllus could share similar ancestral origins. The Inca claimed descent from the Sun and the Moon, their Father and Mother. Many ayllus claimed descent from early proto-hu... |
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POPULAR EDUCATION
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Popular education. The general population of the Inca Empire did not go to formal schools like the Inca did, and they did not have access to the scientific or theoretical knowledge of the Amautas. The education of the common person was largely based ... |
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IN FICTION
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The conquest of the Incas is dramatized in Peter Shaffer's play The Royal Hunt of the Sun. In the play, Pizarro, Atahualpa, Valverde and other historical figures appear as characters.The conquest is also used as a starting point for the Matthew Reill... |
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COMMUNICATION AND MEDICINE
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The Inca used assemblages of knotted strings, known as Quipu to record information, the exact nature of which is no longer known. Originally it was thought that Quipu were used only as mnemonic devices or to record numerical data. Recent discoveries,... |
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POPULATION
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There is some debate about the number of people inhabiting Tawantinsuyu at its peak, with estimates ranging from as few as 4 million people, to more than 37 million. The reason for these various estimates is that in spite of the fact that the Inca ke... |
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EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION
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It was traditional for the Inca's son to lead the army; Pachacutec's son Túpac Inca Yupanqui began conquests to the north in 1463, and continued them as Inca after Pachucuti's death in 1471. His most important conquest was the Kingdom of Chimor, the ... |
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REORGANIZATION AND FORMATION
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Pachacuti reorganized the kingdom of Cusco into the Tahuantinsuyu, which consisted of a central government with the Inca at its head and four provincial governments with strong leaders: Chinchasuyu (NW), Antisuyu (NE), Contisuyu (SW), and Collasuyu (... |
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LAWS
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The main legislator on Inca traditions was Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui who established numerous laws, and reformed old ones. |
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FERTILIZERS
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Several types of fertilizers were used across the Inca Empire. In coastal regions, small fish such as Peruvian anchoveta and sardines were buried with maize kernels to spur their growth. This practice was represented in the walls of the Pachacamac te... |
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