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Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica. Outcome: The Incas. Constructive Response Question. Who were the Incas and what did they do?. What Will we learn?. Environment Cities Language/Writing Economy Government Religion Achievements. Height of Incan Empire. 1438-1533 AD. The Incas. Environment South America

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Mesoamerica

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  1. Mesoamerica Outcome: The Incas

  2. Constructive Response Question • Who were the Incas and what did they do?

  3. What Will we learn? • Environment • Cities • Language/Writing • Economy • Government • Religion • Achievements

  4. Height of Incan Empire • 1438-1533 AD

  5. The Incas • Environment • South America • Peru • Andes Valley of Cuzco • Ecuador to Chile

  6. The Incas • Cities • Cuzco • All roads lead to Cuzco • Heart of the Incan Empire • Machu Picchu • Sun temple, central plaza, public buildings

  7. Cuzco

  8. Machu Picchu

  9. Machu Picchu

  10. The Incas • Lang/Writing • Quechua: official spoken language • No written language • Quipu were used for gov’t record keeping

  11. The Incas • Economy • Run by the gov’t • Ayllu, or extended family group: • Organized into groups of 10, 100, 1000, & 10,000 • Built irrigation canals • Terrace farming • Stored/distributed food

  12. The Incas • Gov’t • Total control over economic & social life • Divided territory into smaller, manageable units • Built cities & schools in conquered areas

  13. The Incas • Religion • Few key nature spirits • Creator God: Viracocha • Sun God: Inti • Unmarried young men & women sometimes used for lifetime of religious service

  14. The Incas • Achievements • No iron tools or the wheel • Road system was 14,000 miles long • Runners were used like a postal system

  15. Fall of the Incas • Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro arrived in 1532 • Inca leader Atahualpa was taken prisoner after not accepting Christianity • He offered two full rooms of silver and one full room of gold • Atahualpa was strangled on August 29. 1533 • The Spanish were able to take over afterwards with no resistance

  16. Death of Atahualpa

  17. Constructive Response Question • Who were the Incas and what did they do?

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