The Magicians Nephew Summary

The Inca Empire extended from Quito in Ecuador through Peru to the south of Chile. Like the May and Aztecs they were polytheistic. They had both priests and priestesses. Daily sacrifice was an important part of life and every evening a llama was sacrificed. Priests made sacrifices, looked after the objects in the temples, heard confessions, set penance, specialized in medicine and performed operations

Gods

Viracocha- Creator of all gods

Inti- Sun god

Mama- Kilya- moon mother

Mama- ilapa- god of thunder/rain

They worshiped in temples, the largest of which was Coriancha- the temple of the sun. Incas did not believe use mortar and stones were cut to fit together perfectly. Each temple had gold idols and the bodies of dead emperors.

Government
Organization

Supreme Inca- ruler of the empire and descendant of the sun. They worshipped him as a god. Nobles (members of the royal family) – they were governors of the provinces.

Curacas (officials) –assisted the governors.
Foremen- responsible of ten taxpayers

The Mitia or tax was due from each person and this organization was necessary as the supreme Inca needed to know how much service was due. Tax was done in the form of national service including working in mines, working on roads, and building temples. Some paid their Mitia in the form of joining the army or agricultural service. Dancing for the Supreme Inca, carrying messages or being a litter bearer were also apart of paying taxes. * * One of the most important of the entire official was the quipucamayoc or keeper of Quipu. The Quipu was a system of know and colored cords of different lengths and thickness and was used for recording information, they did this because they had no other way of writing in that time. * * Daily Life * * Houses were simple and consisted of a room-thatched roof. They had little furniture as everyone slept on the floor. The palace of Supreme Inca was decorated with gold and silver