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The Incan Empire

The Incan Empire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBu8Sikhtc. Why study the Incas? . Geographical Oddity Manipulation of Geography A chance to look at a “backwards” society in comparison to Europe.

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The Incan Empire

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  1. The Incan Empire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBu8Sikhtc

  2. Why study the Incas? • Geographical Oddity • Manipulation of Geography • A chance to look at a “backwards” society in comparison to Europe. • To make students aware of history outside the European scope. “Indians” were just as innovative.

  3. Terminology • “Verticality” • Andean Society/Andes Mountain Range • South America, Peru • Quipu • Aymara/Quechua • Kurakas • Huacas • Inti

  4. Important Contributions Father BernabeCobo: “Nuevo Mundo” Incan Religion and Customs. Karen Spalding: Huarochiri 1491: Charles C. Mann.

  5. Karen Spalding “Andes r educe human beings to insignificance, tiny spots on a picture scaled for far more imposing centers of interest…And yet this land, one of the handful of places in the world where people have developed great civilizations, is also of particular interest because of how men and women have turned its characteristics to their advantage” Spalding 9.

  6. Cobo’s Work in the New World

  7. Verticality The Andes

  8. The Incan Ruins Lake Titicaca

  9. Lake Titicaca

  10. “INTI” The Sun God

  11. The Alpaca/The Llama Transportation Moving of Goods h Sacrifice

  12. Incan Sacrifices and Huacas

  13. QUIPU Communication

  14. Q U I P U

  15. Incan Roadways

  16. Incan Roadways

  17. Coca Leaves

  18. “God, Gold and Glory”

  19. God, Gold and Glory, Equals Aymara Today

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