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Altroy - the Incas (The History of the Empire (Explaining the inca…
Altroy - the Incas
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Militarism
Intro
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after his death, an emperors funerary rites celebrated his life through pilgrimages to the sites f his great victories, while rulers without military conquests to boast were not honoured as were the more vital leaders (p. 206)
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they owed much of their success to logistics, not training or technology (206)
p. 205 -> diplomacy, reward and enculturaion were essential ingredients in the Incas formula for creating Tawantinsuyu but warfare still lay at the heart -> triumphant campaigns showered glory on the elites and gave common folk a rare chance to better their station in life.
Military Strategy
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early military situation -> alliances, conscription of defeated foes, and confrontation with target societies with overwhelming force (p. 207)