Absolute Rule in the Inca Empire: Benefits and Limitations

1. Quaestio: Did the Inca Empire benefit from being ruled by an absolute ruler? Nunc Agenda: What do these lines depict and on what do you think they are drawn?

2. Quaestio: Did the Inca Empire benefit from being ruled by an absolute ruler? Nunc Agenda: What do these lines depict and on what do you think they are drawn?

3. Quaestio: Did the Inca Empire benefit from being ruled by an absolute ruler? Nunc Agenda: What do these lines depict and on what do you think they are drawn?

5. Quaestio: Did the Inca Empire benefit from being ruled by an absolute ruler? Nunc Agenda: What do these lines depict and on what do you think they are drawn?

15. Civilizations of the Andes • Andes Mountains run along Western South America • Andean peoples adapted to living at high altitudes of the Andes mountains • Drink tea of coca leaves to fight altitude sickness • Cultivated the potato • Domesticated the llama

17. Civilizations of the Andes • Nazca: 200 BCE - 600 CE in the coastal desert region between the ocean and the Andes mountains • Known for the “Nazca Lines,” giant geoglyphs viewable only from the sky, which may have pointed to water sources for irrigation

18. Nazca Lines

19. Nazca Lines

20. Nazca Lines

22. Civilizations of the Andes • Moche: 100 CE - 700 CE in the coastal desert region North of the Nazca where they built enormous brick temples • Built road networks and irrigation systems that were later adopted by the Inca • Famous for their unique ceramic drinking jars, which depict animals, expressive human faces, and sexual acts

23. Huaca del Sol

24. Huaca de la Luna

26. Moche Pottery

27. Moche Pottery

28. Moche Pottery

29. Moche Pottery

31. Inca Empire

32. Inca Empire • Civilization began in 1100s but became an empire in 1438 under the leader Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui • Conquered neighboring peoples from capital at Cuzco, creating the largest Pre-Columbian American Empire, stretching 3250 Miles • The Emperor, or Inca, was an absolute ruler, having total power • He imposed his language, Quechua, and his religion on the population

36. Inca Empire • Everything belonged to the state, private property did not exist, so trade was not a major part of life • Centrally-planned economy • Farmers told how much to grow • Food distributed to population • Every adult male required to serve the state in both physical labor and military service

38. Inca Advances Work as a group to read the document, examine the pictures, and answer the accompanying questions. You will be timed. When finished, moved to the next station. When finished, answer the summary question as a group. All members must contribute.

39. Summary Question • Do you think the Inca Empire benefit from being ruled by an absolute ruler? Why or why not? • Do you think these advances would have been possible without an absolute ruler? • Give at least two specific reasons to support your position.