God Vs Inca Religious Beliefs

Long distance trade fell under the supervision of the central government and administrator’s organized exchanges of the agricultural products. The Incas came up with their own writing system called quipu. Quipu consisted of an array of small cords of various and lengths, all suspended from large thick cord, unlike the Aztecs system which was just symbols. The Incan social structure was based upon hereditary aristocrats, consisting of rulers, priests, and peasant cultivators. Like the Aztecs the Incas performed bloodletting rituals, the sacrificial subject was just an animal instead of a human. The Incans considered the sun as a god and as their major deity, called Inti. They also recognized the moon, stars, planets, rain, and other natural forces as divine. Many of the differences between the Aztecs and the Incas benefited the two by becoming successful, striving, powerful regions.

Religion: The three tribes took their religion very seriously. If someone dist the gods in their religion the would have been sentenced to death. The mayan and aztecs did do many human sacrifices and had many gods. The incas also had many gods but did little sacrifices and the inca did not sacrifice adults only children because the inca thot they were most pure. But the aztecs and maya would sacrifice and sacrifice the

The Assyrian and Babylonian had a polytheistic religious system, which meant they believed in hundreds of different gods and deities. Their religious system was also henotheistic, which meant that they had a supreme god of gods and deities. Assyrian served the supreme god,

Religion played a very important role in the Aztec and Inca culture. Religious rituals consisted of human sacrifice and polytheism. Their deities were inspired by nature and the earth’s physical makeup. Both appear to be similar but peel back the onion and notable differences reveal themselves. It is difficult for modern day society to understand how human sacrifice can exist in such advanced civilizations.

Before taking this course and completing this assigned reading, I knew one or two things about the religion assigned. People all around the world have so many differences and beliefs. Between the Aztecs and the Christians, they are not that much alike. Yes they have some similarities but their practices and teachings are different. Christians only believe in one God and the Aztecs believe in many gods. The Aztec religion is mainly focused on keep nature in balance. For as Christianity they believe in helping others, reading the Bible and being able to spread Gods word more. Christians believe God put us on this earth for a purpose. The rules that both the Aztecs and the Christians go by are no similar. They do things totally different. The religion of high God/gods, meanings. Some believe in more than one god and other believe there is only one God.

The Maya civilization had a strong religion. They had many gods for many different reasons. One god of theirs was the sun god. The Maya depended on the sun god for sun god. The Maya made blood sacrifices in order to honor the sun god for sunlight. Another god that the Mayan depended on was the maize god. The Maya needed the maize god to give them corn. They needed corn because it was the Mayans main food source. Many blood

‘’Have you ever known about the Mayan religious and the American religious, like how they are similar and different like the sacrifices,home's,beauty,and the numbering system.

Throughout the previous time, pre-European civilizations in the Americas, the Aztec and Inca empires were separate and distinct civilizations. The two civilizations stayed with no question very progressed and had their own intricated but very efficient society. Polytheism (who beliefs in multiple gods) dominated both empires. They adored ideals broadly and fascinatingly, the Sun God maintained the high place in mutually civilizations. However, both civilizations shared some similarities, there were remarkable differences among the two empires. These contrasts and similarities could be observed in many significant ways.

The religious aspects of both the Aztec and the Incan civilizations were based on several different deities. The Aztec empire had more than 128 gods and goddesses. The most important of these gods is Tlaloc (Life god) and Huitzilopochtli (Sun god). These gods could be represented in human, animal or direction form. Aztec gods were worshipped through pyramid shaped religious buildings and ritual sacrificing. Human

During the Post Classical Era, civilizations in Mesoamerica continued to practice polytheism because of its connection with everyday life. In contrast to the monotheistic gods of Eurasia and Africa, Mesoamerica continued to worship multiple gods that represented natural phenomena because of their lack of need for reform. Religion in Mesoamerica Empires such as the Inca, Aztec, Mayan, Olmec, etc grew with the empires, and therefore was born in a time where order and peace was already achieved, unlike that of Islam or Buddhism, where their

The religion of the Aztec, including their beliefs, customs and religions, acted as a tremendous influence on their government, economy, and culture. Religion was the foundation for the infamous culture of the Aztec Civilization. Through ceremonies of sacrifice, and the infusion of cosmology into their religion, the Aztecs sculpted a culture unlike that of any other civilization, and left behind a legacy to be studied and admired for generations to come. Religion ultimately shaped the unique civilization of the Aztecs, through cultivating the general outlook and values of the Aztecs, expanding the empire, and influencing the architecture and layout of their city.

Throughout the semester we learned about various civilizations but that one that caught my attention were the Incas. The reason why it did was because of the sense of community they had in their civilization. After reading this article called “Daily Life in the Inca Empire” by Mark Cartwright. I learn from the article that family was a very important component of the Inca society. The reason why it was important because everybody would have each other back and they would try to keep their families close together with work and marriage. I found it pretty cool how the Incas in way were compared to the Egyptians cause they used the mummification method for their dead. Also they were compared to the Europeans for their sumptuary laws, which forbade

The Inca held strong, polytheistic religious beliefs. The Incas were a polytheistic society, believing in many different gods. According to peru-facts.co.uk, “The belief system of the Incas was polytheistic. This meant that the Incas worshiped many gods and

The Mayans thought or wanted to think themselves as ¨maizes.¨ They worshipped over 160 gods and goddesses but the main god was named Ah

The Inca Civilization existed from the mid-fifteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries (1438-1532 C.E.) in South America, which is parts of Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador today. It was one of the largest and most successful empires on the world at its height. The most reliable records from these societies actually come from those they were conquered by—the Spanish. Such is the case with Juan de Betanzos’ Narrative of the Inca, which captured the lives, traditions, and beliefs of the Inca through the eyes of those they were ultimately destroyed by. Like any civilization in the pre-modern world, politics, religion, and violence all played integral roles in the shaping and governing of their society. Additionally, these themes are