The Inca and Aztec Empires The Inca and Aztec civilizations have similar characteristics that have impacted their societies greatly. Some common features they both contain are their religion‚ economy‚ and social life. Both empires were changing constantly due to the discovery and or advancement brought along throughout their existence. Even though they have similarities‚ they have their slight differences when it comes to certain circumstances. The Aztecs and Incas both had polytheistic religions
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The date is the twenty fourth of July 1911‚ set against looming peaks cloaked in snow and wreathed in clouds‚ was Machu Picchu. Before Hiram Bringham’s eyes‚ rising from the green undergrowth of neglect‚ were the imperial stones that have entranced and mystified visitors and scholars alike. American historian Hiram Bingham was an assistant professor‚ from the University of Yale. After stumbling through the terrain that is the valleys of the Peruvian mountains‚ 70 miles (112 kilometres) from the
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To this day‚ close to two hundred stone buildings are still standing‚ despite the fact that they are hundreds of years old (Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu). These structures have seen the reign of two great Incan leaders‚ Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui and Tupac Inca Yupanqui (Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu). Machu Picchu clearly has a rich history‚ with events stretching far back in time. The whole area is a monument to past events that have occurred throughout the Empire.
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The Inca civilization was also filled with shrines around natural monuments such as mountains‚ caves‚ rivers‚ and other naturally occurring earth formations. These shrines were called huacas. Huacas were erected in locations where the Incan people of the region believed that they originated from. For example‚ in Cuzco there were many huacas marked into the side of hills and mountains because that is the location that they believed the origin of their people came from. Each area of the Inca empire
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Discuss the extent to which diseases brought by the Europeans played a role in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico and Peru. Before 1942 there was about 50 million Native Americans in Mexico and Peru within 100 years such Native American population decline as much as 90% (45 million). This was mainly as a result of the diseases brought by the Europeans and the diseases that had existed then. Therefore‚ the natives believed that their God’s had deserted them. However‚ there were other factors which played
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The Aztecs compared to the Incas aren’t at all that different ‚because their government and way of life were based on the same ideas and had about the same way of life. The Aztecs had city-states and were people of a stratified society. Each of one of these city-states is ruled by a speaker that is chosen by the pipiltin(the nobility). This speaker would have to sacrifice his own blood regularly to show that he is a true king and has good intentions for his empire. The nobles grew stronger with
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the Incas would bring out thier dead out of a storehouse‚ which is called‚ pucullo and they give them food and drink and they dress them in their richest apparel to sing and dance with them and walk with them from house to house and through the streets and the plaza. Mummies of commoners would be fed on special occasion while those of royalty were fed with special foods that consisted of corn and beer. There were some that would bring offering to the gravesites of their beloved. However‚ Inca people
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Guillermo Ap World 1/07/13 Incas and Aztecs Although the Aztecs and the Incas were both isolated groups with a powerful and elite middle class in South America that existed around the same time‚ the empires developed different political means. The Aztecs were a major tribe/civilization located in Central Mexico. The Incas were also a tribe/civilization located in Peru. While their geographic locations were completely
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Army and Warfare The incas always expanded their borders by conquering other cultures Each time the army grew bigger the population also grew Each time the army grew the warriors were replaced by professional officers Warriors were between 25 and 50 years old They made a military parade to make the opponents be in awe In battles the incas were divided in three groups to be They conquered army by army until their population was an estimate of 10 million people The incas had one of the most advanced
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across a large Inca camp; the Inca Empire covered 3‚000 miles of the western coast of South America. The Inca civilization was very advanced; they built a network of roads and stations connecting the Inca towns and also had the people pay taxes in which some paid in corn and potatoes or gold as well. However‚ the Incan empire fell to Pizarro after a previous war that weakened them. Further down by the south‚ Francisco Pizarro reached Peru‚ Atahualpa‚ and the son of the former Inca ruler had just
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