The Influence Of The Incas On The New World

Out continent has had many people living in it before the Iberians arrived and conquered the New World. The Incas were one of the biggest empires that the American continent had. Little do we know about them, we are still really new to this continent and there still so much to learn. The Incas like any other civilization had a culture, architecture, religion, a government, art, languages and the want of power. Unfortunately, they didn’t leave many written evidence of their past, due that they never developed a writing system. What we know sometimes comes from stories by the Spanish and what some archeologist have found throughout the years.
The Incas were the largest empire in the pre-Columbian America. It is estimated that the empire begins in 1438 C.E. to 1533 C.E. There are two beliefs of where they could have come from and how did they started the big empire. One tells us that Tici Viracocha came out of the Pacific Ocean. This interesting fact can tell us that there was still people migrating from Asia or parts of Oceania to a new land. As a theory we can say that the Spanish were not the first to arrive to the New World. Viracocha arrive to the Lake Titicaca, he sent four of his sons and daughters to established villages. Sinchi Roca, one of the sons. He was the one to lead
the people to the valley of Cuzco where they founded their first village.
The other story it is tell in a more religious way. Viracocha was the creator of all ethnics groups and also give birth to the sun. He ordered Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo to emerge from the lake to found the city of Cuzco. They traveled by underground caves to reach Cuzco, where the first dynasty was established.
Archeologist however, have evidence that the valley of Cuzco is dated to 4500 B.C.E. As we know, it is estimated that 30,000 years ago when there was still a land bridge between Asia and North America many hunters and gathers migrated to the continent. What archeologist have found in the Cuzco Valley are similar to what a hunter or gatherer would have looked like during that time. However, it wasn’t a capital or big center of attention of the Inca people. It is estimated that it started to become more populated during the period of 1000-1400 C.E.
One of the first emperor to start ruling the people was Pachakuti. We started to expand after he defeated the Chanca people. They began their exploration to find new lands where they could farm and have better resources for food. During their journey they started stretching all along the Andes. As an Empire they began to conquer other people villages, such as the Lupaca, Colla, Chimor, and Wanka. What is interesting about the need to expand and conquer other people because they have less power and they want domination, is that it seems to be human nature. The Incas were a civilization that was in South America, with no contact with the other side of the globe. Meanwhile other empires were conquering countries in Europe and Africa the Incas were doing the same. The only thing that they might not have had was technological advance weapons. They did have was the urge to expand and have complete power.
Power brings a lot of chaos in our societies.
What the Incas had was something similar to a monarchy, where the people born to the people in power had control of the empire. All of those who spoke the Inca language, knows as Quechua, had the most important roles throughout the empire. Topa Inca was the successor of Pachakuty, he has expanded the empire more than 2500 miles. It is also known that they called their empire Tawantinsuyo, which means ‘Land of the Four Quarters’ or ‘The Four Parts Together’. However, the empire is known to have 3,400 miles of land from north to south. More than 10 million people were governed and it is also estimated that they had almost 30 different
languages.