Cusco

gas. The first inhabitants have been around since about 15,000 years ago. About 5,000 years ago societies emerged and began to spread inland which includes the Chavin, Moche, and Nasca.Most important Culture is Inca who lived around 600 years ago. Cusco is a major city still today and their Capital. Built by Machu Picchu, the famous, mysterious, and also ancient city of Inca is still in the Andes. In 1532, Inca was conquered by the Spanish after centuries of thriving. Some of the many festivals…

music, and religion. An example would be the Donsol had African roots which blossomed in the Caribbean then was transformed into a Mexican genre. In addition, another example of cultural impact and mixing of religions was that down the same streets of Cusco that once paraded with the mummies of Inca Emperors now parade and the lute (Spanish guitar) but the indigenous people modify it by adding materials such as armadillo skin. In 1555 silver was discovered and it had the potential to take the…

Food, Power, and Resistance in the Andes: Exploring Quechua Verbal and Visual Narratives is a study by Alison Krogel that analyzes the food-landscapes that are present in different Andean art forms. She states that “This book is about the relationship between food, cooks, and power in the Andes. More precisely, it explores the ways in which indigenous female cooks use their roles as food preparers, marketers, or purveyors to access otherwise elusive socioeconomic (and sometimes political) power…

its borders. Peru is a country that has beautiful landscapes and a culture, full of history, that attracts many visitors. Peru’s location allows the country to have great weather year round. It is a great place to go on for a vacation. Places like Cusco and Machu Picchu are just two of the many great achievements of the ancient Inca civilization but architecture isn’t the only thing that the Incas did. There culture was the basis of the family values that are present in Peru today. Peru is a…

The Incas went on to become great builders and went on to build fortresses and sites like Machu Picchu and the city of Cusco that still stand to this day. The ancient Greeks were one of the most influential civilizations to have ever existed in the world. Many of them changed our ways of world forever, many of them are still talking about to this day. It keeps us aware on…

In a small orphanage amid the cliffs in Cusco, Peru, I was playing soccer with a group of boys, not much older than 6 or 7 years old. The soccer ball was a broken deflated ball and the lack of grass meant the children played on gravel. They didn’t know the rules or really the concepts besides kick the ball as hard as you could. The girls watched from the sidelines confused at the excitement the boys got out of playing the game. There was no order to the game. I remember asking the children if…

colossal New York skyscrapers and bridges are built? Every tourist who has visited New York is astounded by the beauty of the city, however, I see NY with a different vision. Even though I spent my infancy in the relatively small and ancient city of Cusco, with just a few impressive and interesting constructions, due to my father’s profession in civil engineering, I was always connected to the construction world. Since I was a child, I have asked myself many questions related to the…

have or vise versa. The Maya lived in the modern day Yucatan Peninsula. The Maya time period lasted from 200 AD to 925 AD. The Aztec lived in the modern day Valley of Mexico. The Aztec time period lasted from 1200 AD to 1521 AD. The Inca lived in Cusco which is located in modern day Peru. The Inca time period lasted from 1200 AD to 1537 AD. The Aztec and the Maya actually lived close to each other but the Maya time period ended before the Aztec started. The Aztec and the Inca civilizations…

This passion has guided me throughout my life and allowed me to persevere through some of the hardest experiences in my life. It has allowed me to grow, give back, and achieve things that I believed were impossible for someone like me. I was born in Cusco, Peru, the same city where my parents met and had spent most of their lives. This place was and still is, home to me. At the age of 6, we left everything behind in search of the American dream and a better opportunity for my education. We took…

Introduction Have you ever heard of any of the tribes that lived in Mesoamerica Mexico? Well I am going to give you compare and contrasts about two of their tribes, the Inca and the Aztec. The two tribes had both lived in Mexico. The two tribes had both lived in the Mesoamerican region. The two tribes where very religious and both had gods. This essay is going to be about comparing and contrasting the two Mesoamerican tribes the Inca and the Aztec. Also it is about the interesting facts and…