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Posted by Kristen I was wondering about the founder of the Incans. I learned of Manco Capac , the legendary founder of the Inca Dynasty. The story is that four brothers and their four sisters lived at Paccari-Tampu(which means tavern of the dawn). They gathered together the tribes of their locality, marched on the Cuzco Valley, and conquered the tribes living there. Manco Capac had a son. It is said that his son, Sinchi Roca, became the first Inca chief and ruled over these people. Another legend says that the Sun created a man and a woman on an island in Lake Titicaca. They were given a golden staff by the Sun, who bade them settle permanently at the place the staff should sink into the earth. At a hill overlooking the present city of Cuzco, the staff of gold disappeared into the earth. They gathered a lot of people and founded the city Cuzco.
In the reading it said both cultures had many prisoners and were involved with warfare. Both of the civilizations expanded into other lands. Since all the civilizations we have heard about were successful in their warfare, I am wondering who was on the other side? I guess we don’t hear about them because they were conquered. I was also wondering about the Incas. The reading said they would continue to spread out and move to other areas. If there were different groups of Incas living in different places, wouldn’t they form their own cultures? It seems like each group would pick up their own customs if they were separated from everyone else.
I was looking at the Incans and I found this cool article about finding Mummies in the Andes Mountains. I did not realize that it was cold where the Incans were. I think it is really cool that they discovered mummies in Peru only 12 years ago and they are still intact after hundreds of years.
I was wondering where exactly the Incan empire was because I was not aware that it was in the mountains. So I found this picture. I realized during the reading that Macchu Pichu is also in the Andes. I did not know that these were that closely related.
I remember when Mr. Goldberg mentioned the city that was in the middle of the lake. I figured that I would look that up because it was in the reading. Here is a picture of what the island looked like. I was wondering what does the island look like today?
I remember reading in the past that Jade was something of extreme importance in south American societies. I noticed that it was mentioned on page 492. Is jade important in other societies than the Aztecs?
The reading said that the Incas occupied Cuzco. It said that Cuzco was in Peru, but I was curious as to where in Peru it was. SO, I found amap.
I was wondering what the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan looked like, especially since it was in the middle of a lake. So, I found a couple pictures. Here is a view that shows the city in the middle of the lake.
And thiswebpage of Sacred Destinations has a lot of good pictures including murals, ruins, and replications of sacrificial victims from a museum there.
It also mentioned that the Aztec's played a ball game. The Mayans, did too. So, I was curious about the game that it seemed like so many cultures play. I found this site. How far did knowledge of this ball game stretch?
I was also interested in the Codex Mendoz. When I was looking it up one of the sites I found said that one of the sections depicted their daily life (I couldn't find that section of Google though) What was the daily life of an Aztec like?
When was the "concentrated period" for the Inca Empire?
It said that an Inca ruler was said to have drowned 20,000 enemy warriors when he conquered the Canaris. How many warriors did the Inca have when they did this?
Why did the people at Tenochititlán stay there if the land was not good for farming or anything?
If the Aztecs and the Incas were "expanding so rapidly that their reach always threatened to outrun available manpower and technology", why didn't they just stop? I know it said they needed to maintain the state, but wasn't there another way than to just keep on conquering places?
Below is a site that explains a lot about the Incas. I found it helpful because it helped me understand the Inca warfare more by explaining things such as their weapons:
During the reading, I came upon the Aztecs. I didn’t know much about them so I decided to do a little more research, and what I found interesting about them is their warfare. The primary purpose of Aztec warfare was to take prisoners so that they could be sacrificed to their gods. The Aztec warriors who demonstrated the most bravery and who fought well became either jaguar or eagle warriors. They were the most feared of all of the Aztec warriors. Both the jaguar and eagle Aztec warriors wore unique helmets and uniforms. The jaguars were identified by the jaguar skins they wore over their entire body. The eagle warriors, wore feathered helmets. I also became interested in learning about the Aztec weapons. They had a variety of weapons including stabbing javelins, wooden spears, knives, and clubs. In addition, they flung firestones at their enemies using slings. Most of the Aztec weapons were actually designed to stun and capture opponents rather than to kill them. Aztec warriors used round shields to protect themselves from enemy attacks.
The reading as well as many sources often portrays aztecs warriors to be some of the most violent and bloodthirsty warriors ever studied so i decided to look at why this is. Young men would become a warrior around age 17 and would undergo rigerous military training. Each would carry large spears or clubs. They would catch all there prisoners for thier constant sacrifices and would have to kill many just to gain the ranking of a warrior.
I wanted to learn more about Machu Picchu, the "lost" city of the Inca Empire. I found this site that gives good background about Machu PIcchu, and it also gives a picture.
In the reading, it talks about 3 rulers of the Inca empire. Who were these 3 rulers?
The reading talks about both civilizations being active with warfare. Do we know why they were active with warfare? Where they violent with their warfare? i.e. the Mongols (throwing dead bodies into cities).
I was wondering exactly what microclimates were. I saw them and had no idea what they were. Quoting Wikipedia: "A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet (for example a garden bed) or as large as many square miles (for example a valley)." I found it really interesting that they coud be as small as a few square feet. The reading said the Aztecs had to choose between poverty and warfare. I was wondering if it was like Sparta where Warfare was a really big thing. I found that warfare wasn't as important to the aztecs as it was to the spartans, but i did find this (once again, quoting the Wikipedia) There were two main objectives in Aztec aggressive warfare. The first objective was political: the subjugation of enemy city states in order to exact tribute and expand Aztec political hegemony. The second objective was religious and socioeconomic: the taking of captives to be sacrificed in religious ceremonies. These dual objectives also influenced the kind of warfare practiced by the Aztecs.
Ok so basically the Inca were very powerful. They were the most powerful empire in their area. This caught my attention so i looked up a little bit more about the Inca army. It turns out that they rarely used swords because they didn't have access to obsidian like the Aztecs or iron like the Europeans. They mostly used shorter weapons. Since their weapons were not designed for close combat, they used things like slings to battle enemies from a distance. It appears that what made the Incas so powerful was the fact that they were so well organized in battle.here is the wikipedia article where i found this information.
While reading the reading, I first was wondering about the size of the aztec empire. The reading said 100 million square miles, and I found this map. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Aztec
I also looked a little at Machu Picchu. I learned that Machu Picchu is known as one of the seven wonders of the new world, and is a quite popular tourist attraction. I also found this map relating to Machu Picchu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Machu_Picchu_Locn.png
I was interested in learning more about Cusco. Cusco was the largest city in the Inca Empire, and is located in the country that we currently know as Peru. It was discovered in 1534 by a Spanish explorer named Francisco Pizarro, and was sacked in the following year.
I wanted to know more about what I was reading so I looked up maps and other pictures of things mentioned in the reading:
Where is Tenochtitlan? http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Americas/04/blue/Tenochtitlan.gif
What does it look like? http://harvey.harker.org/u/harker/carissac/assignments/tenochtitlan.gif
Where were the Aztecs? http://intranet.whitefriars.vic.edu.au/public/faculties/sose/students/James%20M/History%20Assignment/Aztec%20Empire.jpg
The Incas? http://www.rsoperations.com/History/Inca_Empire/inca2.gif
Once again I am sorry I can't get these active links to work.
One thing I wondered: did the Aztecs ever clash with the Mayans since they were close to each other? The answer is that they were in different time periods, so most likely not. The Aztecs were around 1400-1600 and the Mayans were 200-900.
I was interested about the city of Machu Picchu in the Inca Empire. The ruins were lost until 1911 when the were discovered by Hiram Bingham, a Yale archaeologist. They are among the top ruins ever discovered. I found this link about Machu Picchu
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Posted by Kristen
I was wondering about the founder of the Incans. I learned of Manco Capac , the legendary founder of the Inca Dynasty. The story is that four brothers and their four sisters lived at Paccari-Tampu(which means tavern of the dawn). They gathered together the tribes of their locality, marched on the Cuzco Valley, and conquered the tribes living there. Manco Capac had a son. It is said that his son, Sinchi Roca, became the first Inca chief and ruled over these people.
Another legend says that the Sun created a man and a woman on an island in Lake Titicaca. They were given a golden staff by the Sun, who bade them settle permanently at the place the staff should sink into the earth. At a hill overlooking the present city of Cuzco, the staff of gold disappeared into the earth. They gathered a lot of people and founded the city Cuzco.
In the reading it said both cultures had many prisoners and were involved with warfare. Both of the civilizations expanded into other lands. Since all the civilizations we have heard about were successful in their warfare, I am wondering who was on the other side? I guess we don’t hear about them because they were conquered. I was also wondering about the Incas. The reading said they would continue to spread out and move to other areas. If there were different groups of Incas living in different places, wouldn’t they form their own cultures? It seems like each group would pick up their own customs if they were separated from everyone else.
I was looking at the Incans and I found this cool article about finding Mummies in the Andes Mountains. I did not realize that it was cold where the Incans were. I think it is really cool that they discovered mummies in Peru only 12 years ago and they are still intact after hundreds of years.
I was wondering where exactly the Incan empire was because I was not aware that it was in the mountains. So I found this picture. I realized during the reading that Macchu Pichu is also in the Andes. I did not know that these were that closely related.
I remember when Mr. Goldberg mentioned the city that was in the middle of the lake. I figured that I would look that up because it was in the reading. Here is a picture of what the island looked like. I was wondering what does the island look like today?
I remember reading in the past that Jade was something of extreme importance in south American societies. I noticed that it was mentioned on page 492. Is jade important in other societies than the Aztecs?
The reading said that the Incas occupied Cuzco. It said that Cuzco was in Peru, but I was curious as to where in Peru it was. SO, I found amap.
I was wondering what the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan looked like, especially since it was in the middle of a lake. So, I found a couple pictures. Here is a view that shows the city in the middle of the lake.
And thiswebpage
of Sacred Destinations has a lot of good pictures including murals, ruins, and replications of sacrificial victims from a museum there.
It also mentioned that the Aztec's played a ball game. The Mayans, did too. So, I was curious about the game that it seemed like so many cultures play. I found this site. How far did knowledge of this ball game stretch?
I was also interested in the Codex Mendoz. When I was looking it up one of the sites I found said that one of the sections depicted their daily life (I couldn't find that section of Google though) What was the daily life of an Aztec like?
When was the "concentrated period" for the Inca Empire?
It said that an Inca ruler was said to have drowned 20,000 enemy warriors when he conquered the Canaris. How many warriors did the Inca have when they did this?
Why did the people at Tenochititlán stay there if the land was not good for farming or anything?
If the Aztecs and the Incas were "expanding so rapidly that their reach always threatened to outrun available manpower and technology", why didn't they just stop? I know it said they needed to maintain the state, but wasn't there another way than to just keep on conquering places?
Below is a site that explains a lot about the Incas. I found it helpful because it helped me understand the Inca warfare more by explaining things such as their weapons:
http://www.localhistories.org/inca.html
During the reading, I came upon the Aztecs. I didn’t know much about them so I decided to do a little more research, and what I found interesting about them is their warfare. The primary purpose of Aztec warfare was to take prisoners so that they could be sacrificed to their gods. The Aztec warriors who demonstrated the most bravery and who fought well became either jaguar or eagle warriors. They were the most feared of all of the Aztec warriors. Both the jaguar and eagle Aztec warriors wore unique helmets and uniforms. The jaguars were identified by the jaguar skins they wore over their entire body. The eagle warriors, wore feathered helmets. I also became interested in learning about the Aztec weapons. They had a variety of weapons including stabbing javelins, wooden spears, knives, and clubs. In addition, they flung firestones at their enemies using slings. Most of the Aztec weapons were actually designed to stun and capture opponents rather than to kill them. Aztec warriors used round shields to protect themselves from enemy attacks.
The reading as well as many sources often portrays aztecs warriors to be some of the most violent and bloodthirsty warriors ever studied so i decided to look at why this is. Young men would become a warrior around age 17 and would undergo rigerous military training. Each would carry large spears or clubs. They would catch all there prisoners for thier constant sacrifices and would have to kill many just to gain the ranking of a warrior.
Here is a great video that describes a warriors lifecycle
I wanted to learn more about Machu Picchu, the "lost" city of the Inca Empire. I found this site that gives good background about Machu PIcchu, and it also gives a picture.
http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html
In the reading, it talks about 3 rulers of the Inca empire. Who were these 3 rulers?
The reading talks about both civilizations being active with warfare. Do we know why they were active with warfare? Where they violent with their warfare? i.e. the Mongols (throwing dead bodies into cities).
I was wondering exactly what microclimates were. I saw them and had no idea what they were.
Quoting Wikipedia:
"A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet (for example a garden bed) or as large as many square miles (for example a valley)."
I found it really interesting that they coud be as small as a few square feet.
The reading said the Aztecs had to choose between poverty and warfare. I was wondering if it was like Sparta where Warfare was a really big thing.
I found that warfare wasn't as important to the aztecs as it was to the spartans, but i did find this (once again, quoting the Wikipedia)
There were two main objectives in Aztec aggressive warfare. The first objective was political: the subjugation of enemy city states in order to exact tribute and expand Aztec political hegemony. The second objective was religious and socioeconomic: the taking of captives to be sacrificed in religious ceremonies. These dual objectives also influenced the kind of warfare practiced by the Aztecs.
Ok so basically the Inca were very powerful. They were the most powerful empire in their area. This caught my attention so i looked up a little bit more about the Inca army. It turns out that they rarely used swords because they didn't have access to obsidian like the Aztecs or iron like the Europeans. They mostly used shorter weapons. Since their weapons were not designed for close combat, they used things like slings to battle enemies from a distance. It appears that what made the Incas so powerful was the fact that they were so well organized in battle.here is the wikipedia article where i found this information.
Posted by Zach
While reading the reading, I first was wondering about the size of the aztec empire. The reading said 100 million square miles, and I found this map.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Aztec
I also looked a little at Machu Picchu. I learned that Machu Picchu is known as one of the seven wonders of the new world, and is a quite popular tourist attraction. I also found this map relating to Machu Picchu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Machu_Picchu_Locn.png
I was interested in learning more about Cusco. Cusco was the largest city in the Inca Empire, and is located in the country that we currently know as Peru. It was discovered in 1534 by a Spanish explorer named Francisco Pizarro, and was sacked in the following year.
I wanted to know more about what I was reading so I looked up maps and other pictures of things mentioned in the reading:
Where is Tenochtitlan? http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Americas/04/blue/Tenochtitlan.gif
What does it look like? http://harvey.harker.org/u/harker/carissac/assignments/tenochtitlan.gif
Where were the Aztecs? http://intranet.whitefriars.vic.edu.au/public/faculties/sose/students/James%20M/History%20Assignment/Aztec%20Empire.jpg
The Incas? http://www.rsoperations.com/History/Inca_Empire/inca2.gif
Once again I am sorry I can't get these active links to work.
One thing I wondered: did the Aztecs ever clash with the Mayans since they were close to each other? The answer is that they were in different time periods, so most likely not. The Aztecs were around 1400-1600 and the Mayans were 200-900.
I was interested about the city of Machu Picchu in the Inca Empire. The ruins were lost until 1911 when the were discovered by Hiram Bingham, a Yale archaeologist. They are among the top ruins ever discovered. I found this link about Machu Picchu
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