Incas

Mochica

Empire that rose in Peru between about A.D. 100 and 700

Pachacuti

Founder of the Incan empire

Quipu

Knotted, colored strings use for keeping records of population and crops

Inti

Sun god

They built roads and organized a network of relay runners to carry messages

What did the mochica people do?

emperor, town officials

The Incan government was efficiently run from the ____ to the _____.

Collected taxes and enforced laws

What did the emperor and town officials do?

They imposed their own language and religion to unite the empire

What the Incan government did to unite their empire?

It was strictly regulated

How was the Incan society ran?

Polytheistic

Were the Incans monotheistic or polytheistic?

The sun god

Who did the chosen women serve in Inca society?

each region

Where were the Chosen women selected from?

ayllu

extended families living together in an ___

Mit’a

tax payed in labor

the spanish

The incans were conquered by