INCA EMPIRE
VOCABULARY
Board (Consejo / Junta): a group of people who control a company
Bundle (fardo): a number of things that are tied together
Chief/ jefe: the ruler of a tribe
Deity (Deidad/ Divinidad): a god or goddess
Deliver (Entregar): to bring goods, mail, etc. to a place
Fortress (Fortaleza): a (usually large) fort or fortified building
Knot (Nudo): a join made by tying together two pieces or ends of string, rope, etc.
Priest (Sacerdote): someone who performs religious duties and ceremonies
Relocation (traslado): the act of moving, or of moving somebody/something, to a new place to work or operate
Stream (Riachuelo): a small river
String (Soga/ cuerda): very thin rope used for tying things
Smallpox (Viruela): an extremely infectious disease that causes a fever, spots on the skin, and often death
Unruly / rebelde: behaving badly and difficult to control
Uprisings (Sublevación/ rebelión): a time when many people fight against their government
Wealth (riqueza): a large amount of money or property someone has
ROADS, BRIDGES AND ATRIBUTES: One of the inheritances that the Incas owed to the Wari Empire was the highway system through the Andes, which they greatly improved. To cross rivers and streams, bridges were quickly built, made of ropes, which allowed the passage of their armies, their chasquis and the tributes they charge. collected. The chasquis were the Inca's messengers who were trained to walk long distances.
THE INCA PACHACUTEC: Within the government of the ninth Inca, Pachacutec, there was a first great expansion of the empire, from Titicaca to Junín. He improved the organization of the State, regulated the taxes, the way to collect them and distribute them. He also organized the chasquis, real messengers, and also he trained them to travel to quickly run long.
HUAYNA CÁPAC:
He was the XI Inca.
This immense empire had expanded along the coast of
South of Peru, Chile (Tacna), Argentina (Tucumán) and
Bolivia (Sucre).
He defeated the Chachapoyas (Peru), and annexed the
Gulf of Guayaquil region
In Azuay, he ordered the construction of Ingapirca's
palace on the fortress of Hatun Cañar, that belonged to
the defeated Cañaris civilization (1475).
ORGANIZATION OF THE EMPIRE: The emperor ruled the Tahuantinsuyo in a centralized and autocratic manner. The empire was divided into four “SUYOS” or parts, each one was governed by a great prince. There were “AYLLUS” (communities) that had a chief or curaca. The Inca empire used the work of the communities so that the rulers accumulated wealth. They used this system to improve crops, build irrigation systems and roads. In this way, production and trade increased.
INCA CULTURE: The Incas respected the religious forms of the conquered people, but they also demanded the worship of their God “SUN”. They built temples and monasteries for women "VIRGINS OF THE SUN", who were dedicated to the worship of the Gods. The Incas imposed the language "QUECHUA OR QUICHUA". They developed an immense network of roads throughout the empire with a quick service of messengers or CHASQUIS.
ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY: Although not all the features or characteristics of life indigenous can be repeated and there are aspects such as authoritarianism that should not be imitated. There is much to learn from the Incas and the aboriginal people in general. For example, the proper use of the environment, the promotion of community work, the habit of doing things in common, a MINGA, the concern to find means of communication.