What Is The Rise Of The Inca Empire

The Inca Empire flourished roughly between 1400 through 1500. Cuzco was the capital city of the Inca Empire. The location of the city was in the Andes Mountains, which is now Southern Peru. Cuzco derived from Qosqo means dried up lake-bed. Scholars were impressed by the engineers of the Inca people. The building were built of stone and were fitted so perfectly that it was nearly impossible to slide a paper through the mated areas. The lay out of the city is said to be in the form of a puma, some scholars disagree The Inca people claimed they were born of Inti, the Sun God in Tiwanaku. Where they also believed the Gods originated from. The Inca Empire was unified during the late 14th to early 15th century, by the Inca ruler Pachacuti. However, Pachacuti was not intended to be the ruler, his father Viracocha first chose his brother Urco. But one day, the Chanka tribe attacked and Pachacuti was able to rally his army and defeat their rival and by doing so his father Viracocha chose Pachacuti to be his successor. This decision lead to the expansion of the Inca Empire, which reached from Chile to the south to
Every village was provided with their daily needs such as clothes, food, and tools and were protected by the military as long as they were able to pay their taxes. Everyone had to from adults to children and even the handicap. The empire was built in such a way that if a village was not able to pay their taxes, their resources would be cut off until it was paid off. In order to pay for taxes they did manual labor or gave up some of their goods. An interesting thing was the way people greeted each other in the city. They greeted each other by saying “Ama Sua, Ama Quella, Ama Culla”, which means do not lie, do not steal, and do not be lazy. Found it odd because in today’s society we say hello or hi, but to them it was probably normal because of the way they lived and their