The Inca of Peru lived in a rough environment that only a few would survive. The Inca had tribes called the Moche‚ Nazca and the Paracas. They would barley lasted 100 years. This movie is about there accomplishments and struggles. Machu Picchu a city that laid hidden for many years until 1911 when a American explore Hiram Bingham discovered it. It was high in the mountains‚ it had been there for 400 years. High in the Andes mountains were the environment was harsh. The Inca people adapted
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Aztecs: They settled on a small island in which they grew their military capacity. As they grew and became stronger‚ they made the “Triple Alliance” with two other nearby city-states. These three settlements went on a military conquest where they made more of Mesoamerica a single political ideology within a 100 years. The Aztecs forced the conquered people to provide them with labor and give them a list of items which included: textiles/clothing‚ military supplies‚ jewelry‚ food‚ paper‚ and more
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The Inca Pisac is a ruined village located in Peru‚ by a small town called Taray. Both places receive people coming to see this magnificent place. This wonderful place gets 5‚000 visitors a day. In May through October close to 1 million people come see Machu Picchu. Some things that the villagers had left behind was the memories‚ there homes and even their culture. With the arrival of Francisco Pizarro and his conquistadors in 1592‚ the Inca empire was seriously threatened for the first time. Tricked
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The Aztec Empire began in 1330‚ with the founding of Tenochtitlan. This empire was at its most hit‚ when Moctezuma II ruled. But this fierce and powerful empire came to its end when Hernan Cortes conquered the empire in 1521. There are four factors which caused the demise of the Aztec Empire. They are: Alliances (The conquistadors made alliance with tribes who didn’t like the Aztecs) Weapons (Spaniards had advanced weaponry and horses‚ to their advantage) The Spaniards had advanced weaponry and
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Hi‚ my name is Cava‚ and I am one of the Incas who survived the Spanish conquest. And this is my story… Life before the arrival of the Spanish was very pleasant. My husband Maita and I‚ plus our two children‚ Tupac (our six year old son) and Urpi (our four year old daughter) all lived happily together in the city of Nazca. Maita was a high priest and I was an Acllyacona otherwise called a chosen woman. Together this made us very high in society. Being an acllyancona I served as a weaver. I
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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
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Aztec vs Incan Religion Patrick Sklenka Throughout the history of the Americas‚ several different civilizations ruled‚ all with their own unique religions and ways. Yet none were as unique as the Incans and the Aztecs. The Aztec Empire was located in central Mexico. The Aztecs ruled from 950 C.E to 1520 C.E. They built large pyramids as temples to their gods and went to war to capture other people so they could sacrifice them to their gods. The Aztecs also devoted an entire calendar to date the times
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The Mayas‚ Incas and Aztecs. They all had a very distinctive culture‚ that defined the way they lived‚ and influenced the way their followers still live today. For example‚ the Maya lifestyle was greatly based on religion‚ with big temples known today as architectural wonders. Along with their culture‚ each civilization also had a set of achievements‚ which in some cases are continued to be used today. The Inca people would weave colorful woolen cloths‚ which served as blankets for those who could
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Becoming a midwife also made a woman have a higher status in the society. However‚ women’s lives were harder under the Aztec society as men limited the sphere of women’s actions to the reproductive capacity as this was highly important to the empire’s continuous war effort. Women were participating in war as much as men to sustain life through giving birth as it were considered
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Thesis statement: Yali posed an important question that involves the relationships of people from all times. The answer is intricate‚ but still unclear. However‚ the link between Pizarro’s easy defeat of the Incas is a clue further into the answer. Yali’s question is an age old inquiry. Yali is inquisitive as to why caucasian people developed so many goods/ cargo and brought them to New Guinea but black people had so little goods themselves. On the surface‚ the question appears simple‚ but is
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