Incas: Come to Rock Your Socks

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Incas Come to Rock Your Socks
Machu Picchu Ruins
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Who are the Incas?

• The Incas began as a small group of warlike
  people and grew into a large empire. They lived
  near Lake Titicaca (yes you may laugh now ) in
  Southeastern Peru sometime before the 13th
  century.

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What do you know about the Incas Before the
Spanish?

• Where did they live?
• Lived in South
• America
• In the Andes Mts
• Who did they worship?
• Many gods
• Sun god was
• the most powerful

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Why the Mountains?

• Mostly lived in the Andes mountains and the
  southern most part of Peru.
• Isnt it harder to live in the mountains?

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Inca Civilization Video
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Who was Pachacuti Inca Upanqui?I just wanted to
say that!

• He was the 1st Inca Ruler to establish himself as
  Emperor. (Limited or Unlimited?)
• He was known as the first Sapa, or the only one

Statue of Pachacuti in Machu Picchu
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Do you think Incas made changes (MODIFIED) in the
environment?

• Yes, they built terraces (broad, flat platforms)
  for farming and agriculture, built irrigation
• They built roads out of stone and bridges across
  deep mountain gorges.

Did this without big machines like we have today
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Excellent Architecture
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Technology Cont.

• The Inca road system also allowed runners to
  carry messages long distances every day, allowing
  for a fast message system. Runners would carry
  the message to another runner who would then take
  the message to another one until the message had
  reached its destination. A message could travel
  up to 240 kilometers (150 miles) every day. (The
  Pony Express on Foot)

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Who was Atahualpa?

• He was the 13th and last emperor of the Inca
  empire.
• As emperor, he was captured by the Spanish
  conquistador Francisco Pizarro and executed in
  1533
• His death signaled the end of the Inca empire.

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Do they still exist?

• Yes, of course.
• Many of the descendants of the Incas still
  inhabit those lands of their ancestors.
• Some still speak the Quechua language and perform
  many of their customs and beliefs.

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Why do you suppose the Europeans Explored and
Conquered countries in South America?

• Spain and Portugal claimed most of the land and
  its natural resources from the 1500-1800s.
• Three Gs
• God They worshipped and spread throughout
• Gold They wanted
• Glory They wanted the respect of finding land

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Spanish Exploration/Conquering Video
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What changes occurred due to the migration of the
Europeans to South America?

• In total, the conquest took about forty years to
  complete.
• The Spanish conquest was achieved through
  relentless force, aided by factors like smallpox
  and advanced technology.
• The Spaniards forced change in most of the Incan
  culture and introduced the Spanish culture to the
  native population
• Lost language, religion, lots of other cultural
  characteristics culture
• We do see some of the Ancient Inca
  Characteristics still today
• Irrigation systems, style of dress, some even
  speak the old language

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Columbian Exchange/ Atlantic Slave Trade

• The movement of people, plants, animals,
  including cows and horses, and disease became
  know as the Columbian Trade.

• The Atlantic Slave Trade is specifically about
  the transfer of slaves from Africa for labor
  (work) across the Atlantic Ocean during
  colonization.
• We see their culture, such as music, food and
  dance in parts of South America today.

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Spanish Bring Cattle and Horses!

• Columbian Exchange introduced many new cultural
  changes Example of that is Cattle Ranches and
  Rodeos!

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Inca Today- Blended Cultures
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Andes Mountains allowed the Incas and countries
today protection form invasion from the west.
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If we could do it all again would we do it the
same? More to come with this story later in the
week!

• http//www.uncontactedtribes.org/brazilfootage
• Picture from 2010

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Sources

• Wikipedia
• Cscope
• http//www.infoperu.com/pics/raymi2002/0772inca.jp
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