INCA EMPIRE ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL STRUCTURE, ECONOMICS AND LANGUAGE

Pachacutic

Tupac Yupanqui

Huayna Capac

Huascar

Atahualpa

Inca expansion

1450 to 1530Ecuador

Why?

HOW?

TAHUANTINSUYUFOUR REGIONS

NW CHINCHASU

YU

NE ANTISUYU

SW CUNTISUYU

SE COLLASUYU

EACH SUYU WAS CONNECTED TO CUSCO BY “CAPAC – ÑAN” OR THE

ROYAL TRAIL

CHASQUIS

TAMBOS

MESSENGERS OF THE EMPIRE

PLACES WHERE INCA ARMY COULD REST AND EAT.EACH TAMBO HAD A CHASQUI

INCAS’ MORAL CODE

MORAL CODE

AMA SUWA

DO NOT STEAL

AMA LLULLA

DO NOT LIE

AMA QUELLA

DO NOT BE LAZY

INCAS’ SOCIAL STRUCT

URE

SAPA INCA •EMPEROR

WILLAC OMA •SHAMAN

APU APU •SUYUS GOVERNORS

TUC RICUC

•PROVINCE GOVERNORS

CURACA •TRIBE CHIEF

HATUN RUNA

•FAMILY CHIEFS

HUAGCHA

• POOR PEOPLE

ECONOMICS

FARMING IN TERRACED MOUNTAINS

TEXTIL PRODUCTION - ACLLAHUASI

HERDING LLAMAS AND ALPACAS

TRADING SURPLUS

Labor systems

BASED ON COOPERATIVE WORK AND RELATIVES HELP IN THE AYLLU

LABOR ORGANIZATION

MINGA MITA AYNI

LANGUAGEWRITTEN LANGUA

GE

• QUIPUS• IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A

FORMAL FORM OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE

SPOKEN LANGUA

GE

• QUICHUA/QUECHUA AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE EMPIRE

• SEVERAL DIALECTS WERE SPOKEN IN THE INCA TERRITORY

• CATHOLIC CHURCH SPREAD QUECHUA O “RUNASHIMI” AMONG NATIVES SEVERAL YEARS LATER

SU

MM

ARY

CULTURE

COMMUNICA

TION AND TRADING

DEMOGRAPHY POLICIES

INCAS’ CONQUEST CONSEQUENCES IN ECUADOR

INCAS’ EMPIRE CRISIS

HUAYNACAPAC

DEATH 1525

AD HUASCAR AND ATAHUALPA

QUITO, CUZCO

AND

TOMEBAMBA

MITIMAES NO

ROOTS INCAS’ NOBILITY

WARRIORS

RESEARCH ABOUT INCAS’ MYTHOLOGY

RESEARCH ABOUT ATAHUALPA AND HUASCAR WAR.

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