Inca mythology

Walking the Inca trails, I experienced the culture and life altering interactions with the local people. I noticed the complex network that exemplifies the advancements of the long lasting Inca Roads and its spiritual ideas. The roads linked communities together and extends 24,000 miles long. Along the walk, I came across enormous amounts of rocks on top of each other. These combinations of rocks are called Apacheta; it is where pilgrims traveling up and down the road have deposited rocks as…

Both civilizations were great warriors. While the Aztec’s had one big empire; the Inca had their empire split into four sections each with its own governor from the royal family. The Aztec’s ruled by a monarch and didn’t have the best control over their conquered peoples. The Aztecs used their conquered peoples as slaves; however, the…

Clash with the Chesapeake - When they first arrived, they encoutered the chieftain Powhatan who asserted supremacy of the James river, he considered the settleres as future allies so didn't do much but tensions were still high. Once Lord De La Warr arrived he placed "irish tactics" against the indians basically rainding villages, burning houses, doing bad stuff to them. The marriage of Pocahontas to John rolfe ended this first anglo-powhatan war. But eventually the Indians fought back killing…

that simultaneously surrounds its rich history and the present-day lives of the native people who called the Sacred Valley home; a place where modernity and tradition as in equilibrium. Otherwise known as El Valle Sagrado de Los Incas, or the Sacred Valley of the Incas, this region was the birthplace and epicenter of the Incan people, and is now home to their ancient…

It is believed that the first sugar cane was used by a man in Polynesia.9 In 510 BC the Emperor Darius (of what was then Persia) had invaded India where he had found, “a reed which gives honey without bees.”9. But of course it’s not 100% proven that this is true. Officially, Sucrose was discovered in India in 6 century AD by boiling cane juice.1 In 1747 Andreas Sigismund Marggra (A German scientists) was examining sugar beets when he discovered sucrose.1 Later in 1802, Franz Achard (who was a…

By: Clara Gisbert Zerpa Paola Ruíz León Ana López Román Isabel Aisa Orga EADA HM01, 2015 Executive Summary Hacienda Montaña Imbabura The Hacienda Montaña Imbabura is an Eco-lodge luxury hotel located in the mountain Imbabura in the province of Imbabura in Ecuador. This province in the 4th most popular province in Ecuador for tourist due to its natural environment, cultural influence and eco-touristic offer, in the year 2013 the province recorded a total of 345.240 travelers of…

created to only be a image of the person in the painting, but also to convey information about their life and their accomplishments. One of the most notable examples of this type of painting is the Portrait of Marcos Chiguan Thopa Coronilla Inca. Marcos, a royal Inca descendant is portrayed standing very similar to the posture of the Viceroys next to table and a engraved stone. By reading the stone, the observer can gather many pieces of information about Marcos. Marcos was awarded the position…

shaped the course of history, partly because of its adaptability and nutritional benefits. Evidence of the first potatoes places them on the Chilean coast and throughout the Andes mountains in Peru and Bolivia almost 13,000 years ago, and names the Incas as the first to cultivate them in approximately 8,000 B.C., officially beginning the process of domestication. At first glance, the original potato was seemingly unfit for…

Inca Religion The Inca had a polytheistic religion meaning the worshiped more than one god. Along with that, the Incas allowed the different tribes they conquered to still follow their own religion. Most of the Inca however followed the belief that said The most powerful god was Viracocha. He was considered to be the creator of the universe. However, the Inca mostly worshiped Inti, the sun god who was thought to be Viracocha most important servant/son. Illapa was another well known god and…

Machu Picchu were the Incas. These people had to follow their system of government called the federal system. Created by Pachacuti, the emperor, this government system was used throughout the Inca empire. The Tahuantinsuyu, a federal system, had four provincial governments, which made the Inca Empire so stable throughout their time. The Tahuantinsuyu, consisted of four regions controlled by the Opas. The Opas were Inca noblemen. Sapa Inca controlled the Tahuantinsuyu. The Incas believed in…