Inca+Empire

=Inca Empire=

Abby Gritis Inca Empire: Cultural: Many people can trace their history back to the Inca Empire. At it’s time “ The Inca controlled perhaps 10 million people, speaking a hundred different tongues” (“The Inca Empire:...” 1). Culturally speaking, this shows how vast the Inca Empire was, and how many people can trace themselves through this Empire. The Inca’s were sharing people, “Because everyone had everything they needed, people rarely stole things” (“Inca Civilization” 1). The Inca Empire was much like other Empires, ruling with strict guidelines, however they shared with each other in food and help more than other civilizations. They could be cruel but once one was old enough to learn how to act they would be more willing to help each other. The Inca people worked hard but helped their neighbors when needed. This is possibly the reason why so many people came out of this Empire.

Historical: The Inca Empire was massive in size, but not very old. Many people from Central and South America can trace back part of their heritage to the Incan people. In fact, “ The Inca controlled perhaps 10 million people, speaking a hundred different tongues. It was the largest empire on earth at the time. Yet when Pizarro executed its last emperor, Atahualpa, the Inca Empire was only 50 years old” (“The Inca Empire:...” 1). Historically, even though the Inca Empire lasted less than 100 years they expanded and ruled over many people. They held many riches and created large impressive structures. They got these lands through different means, “[they] used a variety of methods, from conquest to peaceful assimilation, to incorporate a large portion of western South America” (“Inca Civilization” 1). The Inca people held a vast Empire, even if it did not last as long as other empires. Historically speaking, almost all of South and Central America was once a part of the Inca Empire.

Aim: The Inca people aimed to rule. This was done through expanding their Empire. The Empire went to “ a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including, besides Peru, large parts of modern Ecuador, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, north and north-central Chile, and southern Colombia into a state comparable to the historical empires of Eurasia” (“Inca Civilization” 1). These people wanted to rule the land and have their religion spread. There were many types of religion within the Inca Empire, but religion is always a reason for people to wish to spread their beliefs. However, “Despite its glory, the Incas was a brittle empire, held together by promises and threats” (“The Inca Empire:...” 1). Their Empire was soon brought down through the death of a ruler and that was the end of the aim of the Inca people.

Audience: The Inca expanded themselves so much due to religion. It is said that “ 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” (“Inca Civilization” 1). The Inca people wanted others to hear of their religion and believe in the Sun God as well. The rest of the world was an audience to the Inca Empire. This all changed though, when the Spanish came and discovered the land. Soon there was “Catholic priests demanding allegiance to a new Christian god soon replaced the Children of the Sun” (“The Inca Empire:...” 1). The Inca Empire no longer held an audience. Now, it was the Spanish that held the control to show the people of the land what they wished upon them.

Works Cited: “Inca Civilization”. Crystalinks. //Crystalinks//. Web. 19 February 2015 “The Inca Empire: Children of the Sun”. Ancient Civilizations. //US History.com//. 2014. Web. 19 February 2015.