The age of discovery

Incan's
1. this civilisation exsisted in the Andes Mountains
  1. Inca god and godesses
    1. Inti=god of sun most important
      1. Mama quilla=goddess of moon
        Pachamama=goddess of earth
        Viracocha=the first god who created the Earth
2. Beginning
  1. Inca first began as a smallcommunity in cuzco in 1300
    1. Frist leader is Manco Capac=Sapa Inca
3. Expansion
  1. 1438 Pachacuti become sapa Inca
    1. His son takes over and beginsto expand
4. Farming
  1. Staple crop = potatoes
  2. Used terrace farming
    1. In turn for land to grow crops they would work on the governments lands,building roads or fighting in the army
5. Afterlife
  1. Believed in the after-life
    1. Believed in mummifying and embalming bodies
6. Sacrafice
  1. incan's performed child sacrafices during or after sacrafices
    1. Some reasons for sacrafice would be when a sapap inca died or there was a famine
    2. Children were chose as they were considered the purest of beings and were in ages between 6-15
Aztecs
1. The Spanish's journey
  1. 1)cortes arrives in tenochtitlan in Nov 1519
    1. 2)he takes Montezuma hostage to maintain control
      1. 3)Him and his soilders have to flee in Oct 1520=sad night
        4)he returns in May 1521 and after 80 days of fighting captures tenochtitlan on 13 Aughust 1521
2. Effects
  1. Disease
    1. No immunity to European disease declines from 25 to 5 million
  2. Government and law
    1. Dealth of leader, cortez incharge aztecs no control over gov
  3. Buildings
    1. Spanish destroy tenchotitlan build over the top od aztec archeteiure
  4. Religion
    1. Spanish force aztecs to become christians
  5. slavery
    1. many aztecs forced into slavery and to work on the spanish farms
  6. Culture/ethnicaty
    1. Interchange marrige=loss of aztec culture many astec marriage custums loss and langue

Next up

The age of discovery

Description

Resource summary

Similar

	Created by 315144332 over 10 years ago