Spanish Conquests in Peru

Spanish Conquests in Peru

Who was in Peru?• The Incas

• Ecuador to Chile (Andes mtns.)• Settle in Valley of Cuzco• Rulers were descended from the

sun god Inti• Bring prosperity and greatness• Men from one of eleven families

(descendents)

Pachacuti Build an EmpirePachacuti

Unified (conquered all of Peru)

Powerful military Offered surrenderAllowed to keep own

customs and rulesLoyalty

Incan Government Creates Unity• Extensive road

system• Rulers divided their

territory• Quechau- official

language• Founded schools to

teach the Incan ways• Groups identified by

certain patterns of clothing

Incan Cities Show Government Presence• All roads led to

Cuzco• Houses built of solid

stone

Incan GovernmentTotal controlRegulated

production and distribution of goods

Allowed little private commerce

Allyu- community cooperation

Incan Government• Ayllu

– Irrigation canals– Cutting agricultural

terraces– Stored food to

distribute during hard times

• Families divided into groups of 10, 100, 1000, 10,000

Incan Government• Mita- was the labor

tribute• Have to work for the

state a certain number of days

• Incan system more like socialism or modern welfare state

Incan GovernmentAged and disabled

taken care of by the state

State fed peopleFreeze-dried

potatoes (chunos)Stored in warehouse

for food shortages

Public Work Projects14,000 mile road program

Paved to simple paths

Built guest houses and shelters along the road

Chasquis- traveled the road as a postal service

Easy way to move troops

Government Record-KeepingInca never developed a writing system

History and literature done through oral tradition

Quipa- series of knots used as an accounting system

Government Record KeepingPosition of knots and

colors meant different thingsRes strings-

warriorsYellow strings-gold

Inca had two different calendars

Gods ruled the day and the time

Religion Supports the StateWorshipped fewer

godsKey nature spirits

MoonStars, thunder

Viracocha- the creator

Sun worship amounted to worshipping the king

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Pizarro Subdues the Incas

Pizarro meets Atahualpa

Spanish crush Incan force; kidnapped Atahualpa.

Promise