The IncasTribe of Royal Blood

The Inca Landscape•Became fully

developed in the late 1430’s

•The last great South American civilization

•Located in Equador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile

Inca Religion• creation myths fueled the

idea of god chosen rulers and explanation of physical world around them

• Elaborate ritual calendar of festivals to worship gods and reigning monarch

• Worshipped the dead and different geological features

Inca Religion• They understood the

relationship between star and earth movement

• Winter and Summer solstices were of utmost importance

• Architecture was often based on sun and star directions

Inca Religion•Inti, The Sun God

was divine ancestor of Inca Royalty

•Virgins of The Sun – were “chosen women” who were caretakers for mummies and tended to royal family

Inca Society• The “Sapa Inka” or Son

of Sun God was ruler

• His full-blood sister was the queen but he took advantage of the “chosen women”

• When he died, he lived on by mummification for future visits by next ruler

Inca Hierarchy1. Sapa Inka

2. Chosen relatives and friends

3. Herders and venders

4. Prisoners of War

Inca Social Structure• Agriculture was

mainstay of civilization

• All aspects of life was strictly controlled

• Civil disobedience was harshly punished by hanging, stoning or pushed off cliffs

The Inca Empire• Covered from Quito to

Cusco to almost Santiago

• All able-bodied males served in the Incan army

• The Incas first invited outside territories to join them, but conquered them if they did not agree

• Locals would maintain the 30,000 km of roads/trails

Inca Stonework• Built for style, strength

and longevity

• Used everything from limestone to granite

• Stone tools used as well as wooden wedges to split rocks

• Only one side of stone is carved until the end of the wall

Inca Cities: Machu Pichu (Peru)

Inca Cities: Choquequirao (Peru)

Inca Cities: Sacsayhuamán (Peru)

Inca Cities: Vilcabamba (Equador)

Inca Cities: Ollantaytambo (Bolivia)

Inca Conquest• In 1532, Pizarro

marched on the first Inca city but was met by 30,000 Incas

• Ambushed them during a peaceful meeting killing all the warriors and capturing the Sapa Inka.

• Pizarro used him for ransom of gold and silver

Inca Conquest• After filling a room

with gold, Pizarro killed the Incan ruler

• Pizarro acted quickly to destroy the rest of the “headless empire”

• Pizarro marched on to Cuzco where he became Governor of the city

The IncasTribe of Royal Blood