Inca

The volcano is part of the Pico de The volcano Parícutin is located in the volcanic fields in Míchoacan-Guanajuato.This volcano is also the greatest in both area. This volcano has not erupted since 1952. Also the elevation of the volcano is 9,186’. The volcano Parícutin was named by a nearby village of Parícutin. The volcano is the youngest of the approximately 1,400 volcanic vents of the Míchoacan-Guanajuato volcanic field. The volcanic field is 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles).…

A little civilization ruled the northern coast of Peru from 1st to the 8th century CE, the people were called the Moche, also called Mochica (Cartwright, 2014). Each of the major Moche settlements seemed to have rulers who held religious and political power, the Moche's were not an Empire by more of independent societies ruled by common cultural features. They built huge and pyramids that are still here today, that now look eroded, so now they just look like natural hills. The pyramids that are…

The Coca-Cola Company faced the risk of losing their business in the University of Michigan due to their unethical practices in India and Columbia. In the spring of 2004, the University of Michigan created a Vender Code of Conduct. The goal of this code of conduct was to define the standards that the university expected its vendors to uphold. Moreover, the code of conduct instructed vendors to abide by the laws where they operated, and to uphold standards such as nondiscrimination, health, and…

This article focused primarily on the Spanish conquest of the Incan and Aztec peoples, as part of Europe’s quest to conquer the Americas/”New World”. It explains how conquistadors traveled to the Americas and The ways they interacted with the Indigenous Peoples, as well as how Smallpox, a European disease, single-handedly brought whole nations down to their knees. It also cites how some Spaniards did not agree with Europe’s methods, and gave an example of one such person and their actions. But,…

After a civil war between two brothers to see who would be Sapa Inca. The war lasted five years, soon after it finished, the Spanish arrived. Had they arrived earlier, the Incas would have sacrificed the Spaniards, but the new Sapa wanted to be calm, since he had won the civil war. They greeted the Spaniards with a friendly tone, but Pizarro had the idea they need to get away from the Sapa Inca. He wanted to benefit from of all the gold, temples, and people. They planned to escape…

The Spanish, led by Francisco Pizzaro, conquered the Inca in Peru in 1532 (Chapter 13, Slide #4). The video describes that the Spanish used the Jacobus musket as part of its weaponry, which was slow firing and inaccurate, but nevertheless deadly (GGS 17:06-18:14). Another critical weapon in the Spanish arsenal was the Toledo sword. It was a long, hard, and pliable sword that was characteristic of rapiers (GGS 20:00-21:00). In the film, Jared Diamond explains that Europeans inherited metal…

The Mayas, Incas, and the Aztecs are all civilizations that we still don’t completely understand. You may have seen movies or read stories about these people but you have to understand we are all only going off our intuitions. The people part of that civilization are long gone now, but they left us with artifacts that have helped us find out who these people were and what they believed. In my essay I will talk about three ancient civilizations, the Mayas, the Incas, and the Aztecs. I will say a…

creation of the Mestizo and the combination of European and Indian cultures. Examples of changes in the culture are those such as clothes, language, writing, and most importantly religion. In Titu Cusi’s ‘An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru,’ which…

the Incas of Cusco for over three-hundred years. It also stands in the Andes Mountains and lingers over the Urubamba River. It’s elevated 10,000 feet and has walls that not even a credit card can not slide through, puzzling archaeologists for many years (Schreiber 1). Machu Picchu, located in Peru, is a place filled with amazing artifacts and ruins. The buildings’ architecture and underground waterway infrastructures have baffled many scientists and archaeologists, especially the way the Incas…

technology it is likely Paracas did not practice artificial preservation. The vast Inca civilization (1438-1533) also incorporated mummification in their culture. In his writings of life in Cusco, Garcilaso de la Vega ([1609], 1987) notes how Inca mummies were in the “perfect state of preservation”. The Inca practiced both spontaneous and anthropogenic mummification. It is a common misconception that only Inca…