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Spanish Conquests in Peru

Spanish Conquests in Peru. Who was in Peru?. The Incas Ecuador to Chile (Andes mtns .) Settle in Valley of Cuzco Rulers were descended from the sun god Inti Bring prosperity and greatness Men from one of eleven families (descendents). Pachacuti Build an Empire. Pachacuti

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Spanish Conquests in Peru

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  1. Spanish Conquests in Peru

  2. Who was in Peru? • The Incas • Ecuador to Chile (Andes mtns.) • Settle in Valley of Cuzco • Rulers were descended from the sun god Inti • Bring prosperity and greatness • Men from one of eleven families (descendents)

  3. Pachacuti Build an Empire • Pachacuti • Unified (conquered all of Peru) • Powerful military • Offered surrender • Allowed to keep own customs and rules • Loyalty

  4. Incan Government Creates Unity • Extensive road system • Rulers divided their territory • Quechau- official language • Founded schools to teach the Incan ways • Groups identified by certain patterns of clothing

  5. Incan Cities Show Government Presence • All roads led to Cuzco • Houses built of solid stone

  6. Incan Government • Total control • Regulated production and distribution of goods • Allowed little private commerce • Allyu- community cooperation

  7. Incan Government • Ayllu • Irrigation canals • Cutting agricultural terraces • Stored food to distribute during hard times • Families divided into groups of 10, 100, 1000, 10,000

  8. Incan Government • Mita- was the labor tribute • Have to work for the state a certain number of days • Incan system more like socialism or modern welfare state

  9. Incan Government • Aged and disabled taken care of by the state • State fed people • Freeze-dried potatoes (chunos) • Stored in warehouse for food shortages

  10. Public Work Projects • 14,000 mile road program • Paved to simple paths • Built guest houses and shelters along the road • Chasquis- traveled the road as a postal service • Easy way to move troops

  11. Government Record-Keeping • Inca never developed a writing system • History and literature done through oral tradition • Quipa- series of knots used as an accounting system

  12. Government Record Keeping • Position of knots and colors meant different things • Res strings- warriors • Yellow strings-gold • Inca had two different calendars • Gods ruled the day and the time

  13. Religion Supports the State • Worshipped fewer gods • Key nature spirits • Moon • Stars, thunder • Viracocha- the creator • Sun worship amounted to worshipping the king

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKeB82retLs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNxazAr1Xo

  15. Pizarro Subdues the Incas • Pizarro meets Atahualpa • Spanish crush Incan force; kidnapped Atahualpa. • Promise

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