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INCA WARFARE

INCA WARFARE. WEAPONS. Armor = helmets, copper, bronze, cane/animal skin Round/square shields Bow & arrow , slings, throwing spears, bolas. Clubs , battle-axes, spears, scythes, knives Swords=limited degree. Army. A RMY. Conflict among newly conquered territories

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INCA WARFARE

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  1. INCA WARFARE

  2. WEAPONS • Armor = helmets, copper, bronze, cane/animal skin • Round/square shields • Bow & arrow, slings, throwing spears, bolas. • Clubs, battle-axes, spears, scythes, knives • Swords=limited degree

  3. Army ARMY • Conflict among newly conquered territories • Weakened the empire • Inca army=most powerful • Military power, tactics, and diversity=Grew

  4. Men in war MEN TO WAR • Three types of corps • Chugacamaya= 10 men to war. • HatunApu=50 men • PichuChungacamayoc=5,000 men • Divide and Conquer=main strategy • Fought alone and fought together

  5. Inca weaponry INCA WEAPONRY • Bronze or bone-tipped spears • Two-handed wooden swords • Clubs with stone and spiked metal heads • Woolen slings and stones • Stone or copper headed battle-axes

  6. BATTLE BATTLE • First battle=Battle of Puná • Spanish horsemen =lead • Traditional form of battle =Andes • A kind of blockade warfare

  7. BATTLES • Rarely lost any battles • Three battalions • Two battalions would side enemy forces • Third attacked from the front • Made the opposing army surrender

  8. Empire EMPIRE • Peru,1532= War of the two brothers • Huáscar and Atahualpa • Smallpox=weakened the empire • Shelters called Tambo were built

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