Andean civilizations

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Neuware -Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Chapters: Inca Empire, Tiwanaku, Norte Chico civilization, Sican culture, Chimú culture, Nazca culture, Chachapoyas culture, Paititi, Moche, Chankas, Caral, Andean cuisine, Kallawaya people, Wari culture, Cultural periods of Peru, Mollo culture, Tambo, Wari Empire, Ancient Peruvian cultures, Andean textiles, Cupisnique, Chimor, Killke culture, Northern Inca Empire, Virú culture, Caras people, Amazonas before the Inca Empire, Tallán, Lima culture, Chango people, Mitma, Huaricanga. Excerpt: The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas used a variety of methods, from conquest to peaceful assimilation, to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern Ecuador, Peru, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, north and north-central Chile, and southern Colombia into a state comparable to the historical empires of the Old World. The official language of the empire was Quechua, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quechua were spoken. The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu which can be translated as The Four Regions or The Four United Provinces. There were many local forms of worship, most of them concerning local sacred 'Huacas', but the Inca leadership encouraged the worship of Inti¿the sun god¿and imposed its sovereignty above other cults such as that of Pachamama. The Incas considered their King, the Sapa Inca, to be the 'child of the sun.' The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu. In Quechua the term Tawantin is a group of four things (tawa 'four' with the suffix -ntin which names a group). Suyu means 'region' or 'province'. The empire was divided into four suyus, whose corners met at the capital, Cusco (Qosqo). The name Tawantinsuyu was, therefore, a descriptive term indicating a union of provinces. The Spanish transliterated the name as Tahuatinsuyo or Tahuatinsuyu which is often still used today. The term Inka means ruler, or lord, in Quechua, and was used to refer to the ruling class or the ruling family in the empire. The Spanish adopted the term (transliterated as Inca in Spanish) as an ethnic term referring to all subjects of the empire raBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

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Andean civilizations

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Books LLC, Reference Series Apr 2013

Fecha de publicación

2013

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Inglés

ISBN 10

1156764068

ISBN 13

9781156764060

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Taschenbuch

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Neu

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246 mm an. × 189 al. × 4 l. 246 milímetros de ancho por 189 de alto por 4 de largo

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122 gramos