INCA CULTURE

CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS

• The Worst crimes toy could commit were murder,insulting the Incas or gods
• The method that the incas used as punishment was to push the guiltily person off a cliff and let the rocks crush them
• Smaller crimes were punished by gouging out the eyes,or cutting off their hands and feet
• The unfortunate we're set outside of the nearest towns gate with a begging bowl to show the other incas ,so they knew the consequences
• There weren't many crimes in the Inca's society because they had everything they needed and they liked following the laws and usually did

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

• The middle class includes artisans, musicians, army captains, and accountants.
• The lower class included sorcerers, farmers, herding families, and conscripts.
• The basis of Inca society was the ayllu.
• Ayllu were families that shared land, animals, and crops.
• The Sapa Inca was the ruler of the Inca Empire.

LANUAGE

• The Inca's spoke Quechua
• Only 10 million people still speak Quechua today many of them also speak Spanish
• Many Inca's also speak Spanish along with Quechua
• he first thing ever published in Quechua was by a priest in 1560
• Instead of writing Inca's knotted strings to records things

LANGUAGE

• The process of tying the knots was called Quipu
• Quipu is knotted strings of different colors
• Quipu means knot in Quechua

ARTS & LITERATURE

• The most important form of art was architecture.
• There were 3 different qualities of cloth
• The Inca didn't have a written language
• Inca art was was simple, but highly stylized
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GOVERNMENT

RELIGION

• Polytheism was the kind of religion
• Inti was the God of the sun
• Viracocha was the god that created the universe and mankind
• The Sapa Inca was the descendant of Inti.

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

• The Incas did not have a form of currency they only traded
• Their economy was based on trade and services
• An Inca Job was either mining,farming,or being a noble
• Everyone except the very old and the very young did work
• Gold and silver was very important to the inca's economy because it could easily be formed into pots and traded

GOVERNMENT

• When the Sapa Inca made a new law, it would be passed down the social chain.
• Commoners had no say in political issues.
• Whenever mishap happened, the Sapa Inca would declare a sacrifice to the gods.
• Should someone be very beautiful or skilled, they would be able to have a say in political matters.
• No one dared break any laws as punishment was harsh.

ECONOMIC SYSTEM

• To the incas the most valuable trade item was cloth
• The other types of items the incas would trade were pots,ropes,lamas,gold,and silver
• The farmers had 1/3 of their food taken away for the nobles,and the other 1/3 was sacrificed for the gods
• The miners would trade their gold for food from the farmers