The Inca Empire
Pre-Colombia
By
Introduction
The Inca people are South American
Indians who ruled an empire that
existed around the Pacific Coast and
the Northern border of Ecuador.
Contents
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02
Key terms and
people
Women’s
History
04
Connection to the
Modern World
03
Historical
Context
01
Key terms
and People
Key Terms and People
Sapa Inca
Believed to be a descendant of the sun and the overall ruler of the Inca Empire
Coya
(a) Coya is the queen of the Inca Empire and main wife of Sapa Inca
Panacas
A group of powerful people who had influence on important decisions… Ex- who’s the
next Inca
Francisco Pizzar
Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Incas. He took over the Incan Empire.
Viceroy
Ruler of an area
Quipu
Inca record keeping system
02
Women’s
History
Women’s Roles
Women were an essential part of society
during the Inca period. The role of the woman was
based on their deity, Viracocha. They were first
man, and then woman.
Women were separate from men but were not
necessarily treated differently, but had different
tasks or expectations.
What did women do?
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Spinning
Weaving
Take care of children
Tend to the fire
Prepare food
Roles Explained…
Cooking or
preparing meals
for the family
Weaving
clothes, tapestry
(cumbi)
Key terms:
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Cumbi- highly
valued cloth
made for the
king used a
garments.
Tend to the
fires…fires are
mostly used to
religious or ritual
purposes
Care for the
children, or bare
the children
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Historical
Context
Important events and dates
1525 AD Inca Civil War
1532 AD
Spaniards start
conquest of Inca
1200 AD
When the Inca’s arrive
and Inca Empire is
founded
1455 AD
Machu Picchu started
1572 AD
Inca Empire
comes to an end
Where is the Inca Empire?
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The empire was divided into
four sections whose corners
met at the empire's capital,
Cusco. The sections were in
Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and
Bolivia.
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The Inca Empire took place
in the early 15th century
A.D. up until its conquest
by the Spanish in the 1530s
South
America
(The Andes Region)
Social Hierarchy Visual
01
Sapa Inca
02
Royalty
03
Nobles
04
The Lower Class
“King”
Son and wife of Sapa Inca
Members of Panacas
The general public
04
Connection
to Modern
Day
What stayed the same?
Ruins
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Machu Picchu
Sacred Valley
Tipon
What will you see?
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Traditions
Stone walls
Boulders
Trails (Great Incan Road)
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Textiles (cumbi)
Food
Celebrations (Sun, Earth, Moon)
(Traditional) Language
Rituals
How was the world impacted by the
Incas?
The road system that the Incas used was
very well engineered. The trails and bridges
built across the rough terrain of the Andes was
built by the Inca. They built suspension bridges
and pontoon bridges.
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Semasiography
systems
Incan people used
semasiography systems
like we do today.
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Semasiography systemsWriting with signs
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Architecture pictures and more
DOES ANYBODY
…
KNOW
WHAT
Machu Picchu
THIS IS.?!
“Symbol of the Incan Empire”
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu was built by Pachacuti and it has four main purposes.
Agriculture, religion, nobility, and for residential purposes. This city was
never completed due to the smallpox outbreak from the Spanish
Conquest.
MachuMachu
PicchuPicchu
duringnow
the Incan
(in ruins)
Empire
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Thank you!
Any questions?
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