How Did Religion Influence The Inca Religion

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.

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

People from one elevation could trade their goods with other people from a different elevation. The Inca made accomplishments in having a counting system using the knots of the quipu string, helping them generate calculations for calendar making and engineering and as a main form of communication through relay runners. They relied on advanced mathematics for astronomy and engineering. Just like the Aztec people, the Inca Empire was a polytheistic empire. However they did not use humans in sacrifices, instead they used animals and crops.

Inca Empire, which contributed languages, as well as promoted irrigated farms, and buildings and roads composed of stones

However, the empires had different names for their gods and goddesses. The Aztecs believe that Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun, was condiered the most important god or deity. Inca believed the Inta, god of the sun, was an important god, but he was not considered to be the most important. The most prominent deities in the Aztec religion included Tezcatlipoca (a powerful creator god), Quetzalcoatl (god of learning and patron of priests), Tlaloc (an ancient central Mexican rain god) and Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun, and patron god of Mexican

They were also very good as carving rock to they would fit together perfectly, which was the main style of buildings there. End the end, the Incas provided a way of life in the mountains that was truly spectacular.

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.

They believed that Viracocha was the most important god of all. He was similar to Omelecuhtli, the Aztec god. He was the creator of the Sun, Moon, and Stars that were all seen as gods. The Sun was the life giver and was the most important server of Viracocha. He watched over the crops and was the father of the Emperor. His image was a human face surrounded by rays of flowing hair.

The Incas also believed in the afterlife and they cared a lot for the dead people that they mummified and placed them in tombs. Incas believed that by getting food by the relatives to their resting place, they communicate with the dead person by doing this. The Incas usually ha a funeral for eight days and they will usually wear black as this was their

The Inca Empire, the massive nation that extended 2,500 miles along the western coast of South America and had a population of over 7 million at its peak. It included all of what is now Ecuador and Peru and most of Chile. Known as “The Children of the Sun”, they excelled at craftsmanship, weaving, and culture (“Children of the Sun”). A very religious people, they worshiped the Sun as their supreme god and held religious festivals monthly to appease these gods. Although they did not value it aside from its beautiful appearance, the Inca Empire was home to millions of pounds of solid gold and silver. The Inca had no use for it except to use it to craft decorations and statues. In fact, an Inca citizen valued cloth more than they valued gold

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.

The Incas worshiped gods in their temples. The Incas was a large group of people and most of them went to the temples and worshiped. The Incas were influenced traditions while worshipping. The Incas have 10,000,000 people in their population. The chaska owned one of the temples. The priest aided the aulas only. Earthquakes were important to the Incas.

The huaca was the sacred shrine or god and they were all about the Inca Empire. The children were chosen by the emperor about one year prior to the Capacocha

The Inca’s religion centered around nature and their location in the Indies Mountains in South America. The Inca believed strange natural formations had supernatural powers and called them hauca (mountain in bottom right). They called the strange natural formation hauca and the Inca performed their sacrifices on them. The Incas performed human sacrifice on hauca. Sacrificing was important because they did it to appease the gods (located in the bottom right on the mountain). Their most important god was Viracocha (the sun in the background). The Inca believed he created the universe and he was the Sun God, and they called themselves “The Children of The Sun”. The Inca’s religion was mostly connected with nature and the Inca’s surroundings

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