Around 1300 B.C.E., the Andes mountain range contained a civilization the Incas. The Inca incorporated elements and aspects of past Andean civilizations to create and mold themselves. The Inca civilization included a very intelligent and thoughtful group of various cultures. The Inca were a very successful group of people, which was the result of a strong government which rivaled many other governments that came after it. Keeping watch over the Inca was a powerful leader Pachacuti who controlled his civilization with a use of various techniques.
Cuzco is a city that was of vast importance to both the Inca and the Spaniards when they arrived. Pre Spanish invasion, the city served as the central political and cultural hub of the entire empire that changed regularly with the induction of new leaders, yet it was the changes that were brought about by the Spanish that were deemed most dramatic. After the city’s fall in 1533, the Spaniards immediately began to add their architectural influence to the great city, even replacing the great Coricancha temple or Temple of the Sun, a headpiece in the Incan religion, with still standing Church of Santo Domingo (Sacredsites.com). The city would go on to flourish for many years thanks to the introduction of mining and trade with the Spanish. The city still functions today as a home to around 400,000 people with an economy based on the tourism that the great city brings in
Rather than meeting with Atahualpa himself, Pizarro sent Hernando de Soto, friar Vincente de Valverde and native interpreter Felipillo to speak with the Inca leader. De Soto spoke with Atahualpa for a while and told them that they were emissaries from King Charles I of Spain. They also said they came in peace and were prepared to serve him against his enemies. Atahualpa nearly scoffed at that as he believed their behavior was not what one would
And that tactic is called the element of surprise. On his final expedition to Peru, his main objective was to conquer the Incan Empire which had a little over thirty-thousand warriors. Of course Pizarro was aiming high but at the same time, he was so confident that the upcoming battle would be a breeze, that he only brought with him two-hundred men and about sixty horses. So he was outnumbered, out supplied, and not savvy with the landscape of Peru. So again I ask the question a little bit differently.
Inca Society Lot of people think ( Like I did before) that Inca means the powerful people of Incan civilization, but truth is that only the king of Inca society was called Inca or more precisely Sapa Inca. His wife was called Coya, who was the queen of that society. Only the family members could be future Inca. It is really difficult to imagine how powerful was the Inca King. As the people of that society believed that King was the son of the Sun, they followed their king with deep respect.
Machu Picchu, which translates from an ancient South American indigenous language as “old peak” is the ruin of a city high in the mountains of Peru. It is associated with the Inca civilization and often called the “lost city of the Incas”. Though obviously inhabited in ancient times, Machu Picchu is a relatively recent archeological find because it had been forgotten by all except indigenous local peoples. It was rediscovered around the turn of the twentieth century. Though the site was originally thought to be purely religious in nature, recent archeological finds point to the idea of its being a resort: a palace and surrounding compound, including temples, for Incan rulers.
He talked about the brutal encounter between Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Inca emperor Atalhualla on November 16, 1532 at the Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca. Although the Incan army consisted of 80,000 soldiers while the Spanish only had 168 soldiers, Pizarro’s forces were easily able to decimate and imprison the Incas. Diamond thinks that the Spanish were stronger than the Incas because they were armed with steel swords, steel armor, and horses. Atalhuappa’s troops employed only quilted armor, slingshots, stone, bronze, and wooden clubs. The Spanish army obtained immense benefits from the use of horses in their triumphs.
King Zheng of Qin succeeded in defeating the remaining Warring States between 230 and 221 BCE, ending one of the most violent periods in Chinese history. Zheng assumed the mandate of heaven from the Zhou and unified the states into a centralized empire, declaring himself Shi Huangdi. This declared the Qin Dynasty. To further strengthen his power, he forced
A man by the name of Minamoto Yoritomo (A.D. 1147-1199) became the first permanent shogun (supreme military ruler) of feudal Japan when he overturned the dominant Taira clan. The military government he established was known as the Kamakura
The Incas also had hierarchy. It was made up with the ruler, priests, soldier, and the workers. The Incas had an extremely large population, which helped them create a powerful army. Their Army consists of over 40,000 men. When Pizarro engaged war with Incas, the Spaniards only had an armor of 180 men.