The Inca People!

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The Inca People!

• By Payton, Karlie, Adam, Bailey, Keaton, Luke
  E., Luke J., and Brayden

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Crops, Hunting, and Food

• Major Crops-potatoes, corn, peppers, lima beans,
  sweet potatoes, cassava, grain, various tubers,
  peanuts, tomatoes, avocados, cotton, and tobacco.

Food- Maize was ground into flour for making
bread and cakes that were cooked on hot stones.
Inca ate meat from animals that was dried and
could then be eaten when needed. Guinea pigs and
fish were also eaten. They made stew with
potatoes, beans, squash, okra, and tomatoes. A
Maize beer called chicha was also brewed and
drunk.
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Hunting

• Hunting- once they hunted in an area, they were
  not allowed to hunt in that spot for four years.
  The bola was a hunting weapon. It was made of
  stone balls. It was attached to leather strips or
  strings. It would be thrown at an animals leg to
  make it fall, so it would be easier to kill with
  another weapon

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Medicine
Medicine- Priests were the official people who
gave people medicine for bloodletting, fasts,
dieting, and bathing for a certain illness.
Plants and herbs like tobacco were used for
medicine.
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How They Lived
How They Lived- They lived in huts that had been
built around the courtyard. They were rectangular
and made of adobe, and turf sods. They didnt
have many pieces of furniture, but they would
wrap themselves in blankets and sleep on the
floor. Men worked in fields tending crops and
hunting. Women worked in fields especially at
harvest time. At home they made clothing and
prepared food and made rope which was a tax
payment.
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Legends!

• Gods The Incas, said that the God Viracocha
  created the Earth, the Sky and people.  He did
  not create the Sun in the beginning, however. 
  But people defied Viracocha so he decided to get
  rid of them.  A great flood came and drowned all
  but two, a man and woman, who hid in a box.  The
  waters carried them to Tihuanaco and the waters
  receded when they reached that spot. After this,
  the God forgave the two survivors and created
  many different tribes of people from clay.  He
  gave them life, and seeds for them to plant and
  sow. It was still dark, however, so Viracocha
  created the Sun, Moon and stars which he sent
  into the heavens.
• Illapa Description  Storm and weather
  god, shown as a man with war club and sling.
  (Greek name Zeus)Rules Over Thunder and
  lightning.
• Supai Description  God of the
  Underworld and death.  One-hundred children were
  sacrificed every year to him.  He was considered
  a greedy god, always wanting to increase the
  number of his followers. (Greek name Hades)
  Rules Over Death, underworld.

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Religion Rituals.

• Their cloths were mainly warm in the highlands
  and it was made from llama, alpaca, cotton, and
  wool. Inca officials used to wear tunics to show
  their status.
• The sacred objects and elements of nature of the
  Incas were called "huaca". These could be rivers,
  mountains or even man-made objects like temples
  and stones. For example, inside houses, the
  huacas were placed into wall niches (rectangular
  holes) and offerings were periodically brought to
  them. The Incas believed that these offerings
  will contribute to the balance of nature. The
  Incas believed that they can this way influence
  their well-being, happiness and even crop
  production. The Incas believed in afterlife. They
  cared deeply for their dead, whom they had
  embalmed before burial, mummified and had placed
  into tombs. Afterwards, the relatives had brought
  food and various other objects to their resting
  place. They believed that the dead could hear
  them and would use the multitude of objects that
  were brought there. It is believed that priests
  had the ability to communicate with the souls of
  the dead rulers, who were in another dimension.

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Cloths!

• Their cloths were mainly warm in the highlands
  and it was made from llama, alpaca, cotton, and
  vicuna wool. Inca officials used to wear tunics
  to show their status.

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Incas Music

• Guitar
• Charange
• Cojon
• Quena
• Zampna

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Decline from Inca!!!

• The Incas were a well civilized race, but they
  still had their downfalls.  The man who conquered
  this fierce tribe was Pizarro. He didn't just
  conquer them with pure force though.  Before
  Pizarro arrived a great civil war had occurred,
  leaving the Inca military weak, which made it
  easy for Pizarro to destroy them. Pizarro had
  taken Atahualpa, the Incan leader, captive. The
  Incas bribed Pizarro with a room filled with gold
  for Atahualpa, but once Pizarro received it he
  still ordered that Atahualpa to be killed.  It
  took Pizarro approximately 40 more years until
  the last Inca was killed, his name was Tupac
  Amaru, Pizarro ordered that his body be
  dismembered to stop any further Inca resistance. 

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Incas Inventions

• Terrace farming
• Hanging bridges
• Wonderful textiles
• Panpipes
• Freeze dried food

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Special Skills in the Inca!!!

• Music
• Art
• Pottery
• Inventing
• Landscaping

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The Inca and How They Recorded Events

• 1200 the city of Cuzco. The first leader was
  Manco Capac
• 1525 the great Hayna Capac dies of small pox
• November 15 1532 Pizarro and Spanish
  conquistadors arrive in the Incan empire.

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Agriculture

• Inca farmers cut flat terraces into steep
  hillsides and planted crops on them.
• The Inca used chilly mountain air to dry the
  potatoes.
• They also raised animals like guinea pig,
  alpacas, llamas, dogs, and ducks.

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Arts

• The Inca built more than 25,000 miles(40,0000
  kilometers) of road.
• They built Sacsahuamam, a ceremonial center and
  fortress outside Cuzco.
• Inca Artist crafted items made of silver, gold,
  and gemstone.

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Exploring and Communication

• The Inca had to travel through the mountains and
  other places.
• The language of the Inca was Quechua.
• Its not a written language.
• Quechua is still spoken by Inca descendents.

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Obeying the Laws

• If you committed a murder, you were thrown off a
  cliff.
• If you stole something you either had your hands
  cut off or your feet. If you live you were
  classified as a criminal.

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Transportation

• The Incas mainly used donkeys and llamas for
  transportation, they had never seen horses until
  the Spanish conquered them.
• Question- What language did the Inca speak?
• What happened if you stole something?

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Works Cited

• http//www.googleimage.com
• http//www.google.com
• http//www.aea.com
• http//www.wikipedia.com
• http//www.inca.inventions.com
• http//yahoo.com
• Inca Book