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SS6H1a: Inca Background

SS6H1a: Inca Background. The Inca. Background. Empire extended along the Pacific coast from northern border of modern Ecuador to central Chile. The Incas. Economy. Most Inca were farmers. They cultivated corn, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, chili peppers, and cotton.

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SS6H1a: Inca Background

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  1. SS6H1a:Inca Background

  2. The Inca

  3. Background • Empire extended along the Pacific coast from northern border of modern Ecuador to central Chile

  4. The Incas

  5. Economy • Most Inca were farmers. • They cultivated corn, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, chili peppers, and cotton. • The Inca cultivated 240 types of potatoes and over 20 types of corn.

  6. Agriculture • Intensive agricultural techniques • Inca empire spanned many types of environments • Required terraces to make farmland out of the mountainous terrain • Chief crop was the potato • Herded llamas and alpacas for meat, wool, hides, and dung (used as fuel)

  7. Economy • The Inca raised dogs, guinea pigs, and alpacas…. …and why did they raise Guinea Pigs?

  8. … for a source of food!

  9. Llama

  10. Clothing • Most of the Inca’s clothing was made from Llama wool or cotton. • The wool from the Alpaca was used for the clothing of the Emperor and his nobility.

  11. Other Jobs • Incas not involved with farming might have been potters., cloth makers, or …

  12. even practice surgery.

  13. Architecture • The Inca could build without using mortar. • They cut huge stones slabs to exact fit.

  14. Machu Picchu

  15. Terraced Mountain Side Used For Farming

  16. Inca Roads • The Inca built a paved road system • It included over 16,000 miles of roadway • The longest system ran north and south along the coast of Chile and inland • There were east and west roads to interconnect to the north and south roads

  17. Inca Runner’s Hut

  18. New Technologies Major Roads of the Inca Empire

  19. Social Structure • The Incas had a very clear social structure. • The ruler, the Sapa Inca, and his wives, the Coyas, had supreme control over the empire.

  20. Social Structure • The High Priest • Military • Then came the Four Apus, the regional army commanders. • Temple priests, architects, administrators and army generals. • Merchants and Middle Class • artisans, musicians, army captains and the Incan "accountants." • Sorcerers, farmers, herding families • Slaves

  21. Quipus • A quipus consists of a main cord from which pendant cords hang. (Pendants of pendants are called subsidiaries.)

  22. Quipus The quipus was used to record censuses, inventories, tribute records, and documents about transactions; Spanish courts also accepted them as documents of record in early colonial times.

  23. Religion • Main god was Inti, god of the sun • In the capital of Cuzco, some 4,000 priests, attendants, and virgin devotees served Inti

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