Incan Manipulation Of The Saraguro Region

There were several ancient civilizations that built their cultures around their geography. The Incas were among one of those ancient civilizations. They had amazing ingenuity to make use of their environment. The Incas built agriculture terraces and they had a complex irrigation system. And some crops that we use today. The physical environment of the Incas affected and shaped their civilization.

Virtually every aspect of life was affected by the Andes Mountain Range. The steep slopes, climate and altitude, forced the development of resilient breeds of crops such as potatoes, quinoa and corn. (Graber, 2011). The mountains were worshipped as gods and stone from the mountains were carved with great precision to create large cites and temples right into the sides of the mountains. For all of the reasons, The Andes Mountains are certainly one of the greatest contributors to the development of the ancient people of South American.

The most significant physical geographical factor that contributed to the development of the ancient South American society of the Incas was the Andes Mountains. The Inca Empire had villages and cities throughout the Andes Mountains. Some of these settlements were as low as sea level and their capital, Cusco, was at an altitude of 11,200 feet. The Andes are considered some of the longest and highest mountain ranges. In fact it’s tallest peak, Mount Aconcaqua, in Argentina, tops out at 22,841 feet (Zimmermann, 2013). Despite the fact that people were traversing mountains the people flourished creating trails, aqueducts and agricultural practices that still exist today.

1. Before Francisco Pizarro began the Spanish conquest in 1532, the Incan empire dominated the Andes Mountain region. An emperor who demanded strict obedience ruled the land. All business was run by the state, which could draft citizens for its projects. The Inca, terracing the landscape and irrigating the crops, farmed the mountainsides. The Inca were brilliant engineers, whose roadways included bridges. The city of Machu Picchu is an example of their skill with tools like the plumb bob and wooden roller, which they used for in heavy construction. Hundreds of years after their civilization was subdued by the Spanish, the descendants of the once-dominate Incas make up about 50 percent of Peru’s population.

Starting in 1400 CE and continuing even today, Cuzco is the religious and administrative capital of the Incan Empire in Peru (Cartwright). Currently, the Incan Empire is the largest empire ever seen in the Americas and in the world (Cartwright). After conquering the area from the Chanca, the Incas established and named Cuzco accordingly, because the term either originated from qosqo meaning ‘dried-up lake bed’ or cozco for a specific stone marker in the city (Cartwright). Cuzco assures its visitors a wonderful experience, because it has a multitude of extravagant buildings and palaces. The Incans strategically designed their affluent city in the best geographical area possible. For instance, the city is advantageously shaped in the form of a puma, and it is composed of four highways for safe,

The Inca were a great civilization who lived in the Andes long ago. They worshipped many deities including the mighty Viracocha (Veera-coach-a) and his children, Inti (In-tee), Mama Quilla (Mama kill-uh), and Pachamama (Paka-mama). This report’s purpose is to inform you about this civilization’s people’s religion.

The Inca history tell use how they controlled over most of South America. The Inca empire started to expand with emperor Viracocha Inca. First Incas were in Andes region. They would take to territory to influence South America. There territory expand from Northern Ecuador to central Chile. There rival was the Chances. The Chances attacked Circa in 1438 Viracocha Inca fled Circa at the attack. Viracocha so Cusi Inca Yupanqui stayed and fought the Chances in Circa.

The Inca believed that harmony between the relationships of the human being, nature and gods was truly essential. They had multiple gods, but the main god was Viracocha, the Inca even considered their emperors as demi-gods. They had several sacred objects and locations. The Vilcanota or Wilcamayu, the “Sacred River” which is a section of the Urubamba

The geography of the Andes mountains was rugged. People are rebuilding terraces, irrigation systems, reclaiming traditional crops, methods of planting. But modern farmers also believe that the Inca ways can offer simple solutions to protect a communities food supply in climate change. Today people still use terraces because they are still very useful on a farm, a hill, or a mountain terrain. Terraces are essential to the Inca because it is a reliable method of farming and agriculture. Terraces can grow potatoes easily, potatoes were important to the

The Inca Empire was built on a long strip that reached north and south america. Its was built along the western side of South America.The terrain of the empire was rugged. It reached the Andes mountains, the coastline deserts, and the Amazon jungle. But the smart Inca found solutions for their geographic problems.

Cusco was the capital of the Inka Empire and most roads seem to lead to this spiritual, economic and political crossroads. This was a small village enlarged by the founder of the Inka Empire, Pachakuti. As a show of their power and to intimidate their captives and enemies, the Inka used ashlar masonry (stone blocks carved on the top to cradle the rock stacked upon it) to build cities and villages with fountains, temples, residential and administrative buildings. The city’s shape was designed using the three rivers, the Huatanay, the Tullymayo and the Chunchul. By diverting the Huatanay and the Tullymayo with canals turning Cusco into a “Puma’s Tail”; by this division, the city became two parts, the Hanan or Upper Section and the Hurin or Lower Section. The Inka believed in a two-part system that complimented one another without being equal. (Stone, p. 212.)

From 1438 to 1535, the Incan Empire made a historical impact. The Incan Empire was located in South America on the western coast in the present countries of Peru. (Tagle.) Three-fourths of the Empire was located within present day Peru. Since the rule of the Empire did descend through familial ties, the ruling emperor was chosen on account by his family dynasty. (Hutagalung.) The empire of the Incas merits importance and note due to its contributing factors of roads, agriculture, and medicine.

One of the greatest mysteries of the Inca tribe is their greatest accomplishment and estate, Machu Picchu. Archeologists find Machu Picchu to be fascinating because there is little documentation on the city. This grand site has a complex history of conquer and rediscovery. It was a site that served many different uses and it is well-known for its curious placement on the edge of a crevasse, but also for its particular and amazing ruins. Machu Picchu is important because, although there are many mysterious around the city itself, it has given historians and archeologists a better understanding about how advanced the Inca were and how they lived.

I’m doing a research on the Inca civilization here is all the information I got for the Inca tribe. The Inca civilization existed in 1438 A.D. The Inca civilization lived in a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, Peru, large parts of modern Ecuador, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina. The type of structures the Inca built was roads, rope bridges, cellular polygonal masonry, cyclopean polygonal masonry, encased coursed masonry, sedimentary course masonry. Here is one of the examples of the most famous buildings the Inca built the lost city of Inca, is one of the most archaeological sites in South America

Nowadays, we are speaking at an international level of the greatness and mystery that Machu Picchu represents, considered a monument of humanity. Likewise, Machu Picchu is considered a monument to the greatness of the Inca Empire whose history, culture, agriculture, monumental military and religious constructions, and great legacy to humanity surprise many of us. But who was the ruler who made this kingdom a great empire? His name was Cusi Yupanqui, later called Pachacutec, he was the ninth ruler of the Inca state and he was who turned it from a simple kingdom into a great empire: the Tahuantinsuyo. He was a son of the Inca Wiracocha, and although he was not his direct heir, he was designated Wiracocha’s successor after defending the imperial city of Cuzco and defeating, the Chancas army, which tried to conquer them, while Wiracocha and his son Urco, the crown prince, had fled of the City of Cuzco. After his great victory against the Chancas and having demonstrated his great courage and great capacity of leadership, his father the Inca Wiracocha recognized him as his successor and bearer of the Mascaipacha (symbol of the ruler). Pachacutec was the fourth emperor of the Hanan dynasty and is considered a great conqueror, statesman, literary artist, and mystical spiritual guide.