For instance‚ the Andeans living under the Inca rule were male-centered but in their succession preferences‚ their posts fell into the hands of their sisters and daughters of headmen. Both sexes participated equally in complementary agricultural tasks and contests against neighboring clans (Smith
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between different civilizations. The author cannot provide a definite answer. Later in the book‚ Jared Diamond describes how Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ easily overcame the Incas using European advantage. So‚ what is Yali’s question and how does the author attempt to answer? How did Pizarro defeat the Incas and how does this relate? Yali’s question attempts to be answered by the author‚ but a closer look into how Pizarro defeated the
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There has been forced labor in Peru since the beginning of the Inca conquests. What made this system somewhat unique in the New World is that the system did not call for permanent enslavement of people. Often people would work a certain amount of time a year and then go back home. When the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire instead of completely changing the way things were‚ they simply adopted and modified the Mit’a system. After the conquest of the Inca’s the Spanish also instituted a system
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He got permission from the Queen to subdue Peru and become the governor. When Pizarro arrived in Peru the empire was already falling apart‚ he also made the situation worse by bringing disease with him. Pizarro wanted to meet with the ruler of the Inca who was Atahualpa. He sent his captain‚ Hernando de Soto to meet with him‚ he also sent a horse with his captain‚ this would impress and surprise Atahualpa‚ since he had never seen one before. Atahualpa was convinced and decided to
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The geography of where the Inca lived was very harsh. They lived in and along the Andes Mountain range. The Incas built their houses and had their farm land on terraces on the mountain side and called their empire “Land of the Four Quarters.” The Inca land and soil is similar to United States. In the lower part of the mountains and their empire they had wetlands. Going down the mountain
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Francisco Pizarro was not the most pleasant person to be around. He had many accomplishments but not the nicest guy in the world. Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and Conquistador. He did an abundant amount of expeditions and went out to sea with other explorers. Pizarro‚ as an explorer discovered many thing people know today. He founded the city of Lima‚ also the Pacific Ocean just to name a few. Francisco Pizarro is famous for conquering the Incan Empire. Pizarro was born in Trujillo Spain in 1478
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Unit 5 Essay Many great achievements that the mayans had were great ideas that later would influence the aztecs to use these tactics in their civilization. A achievement that the aztecs had was that their were able to create their own solar calendar just like ares that lasted 365 days. Another achievement that the Mayans had was that they had their own understanding of mathematics that is just like are but‚ instead of the number ten for being their place value number theirs was number twenty
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document 5 shows how the roads that Inca made were the most extensive and advanced transportation system ever seen before the Columbian South America. Extending for thousands of miles and having hundreds of branches the road system made the communication and transportation between the cities easier. The irrigation system is perhaps one of the most impressing of any of the ones ever seen. In document 4‚ Garcilazo de la Vega describes the cleverness of the Inca by building this system. He explains
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Francisco Pizarro Spanish Class Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo‚ Extremadura‚ Spain‚ in 1475 and passed away on June 26‚ 1541. He was a conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire and founded the city of Lima‚ Peru. This is why he was best known as the Spaniard who conquered the Incas. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) who as colonel of infantry. His mother was Francisca González Mateos‚ a poor woman from Trujillo. His parents never got married; he was brought
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adobe houses built of sun dried bricks. Eventhough‚ most of the Indians were scattered in small villages there were three groups that built large civilizations before the white man came. In Central and South America‚ the Mayas‚ the Aztecs‚ and the Incas lived in large cities and developed many skills. The Pre-Columbian era was a time that Indians or Indegenous cultures flourished to maintain there traditions. The Mayan civilization‚ located in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and in Guatemala flourished
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