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Long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the Inca people built a vast empire. So how did how fewer than 200 Spanish conquistadors manage to bring the mighty empire down?

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The Inca's believed their ruler, called the Inca Sapa, was part of god himself. Inti was the god of the sun. The emporor was believed to be the desendant of god. Inti was married to Mama Quilla, the goddess of the moon.

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The Incas were a society that flourished in the Andes Mountains of South America hundreds of years ago. Before Europeans arrived, the Inca civilization had the largest empire anywhere in the Americas.
Population: About 10 million people
Incan government was organized sort of like the Roman Empire.
Language: Quechua (Still spoken by millions of South Americans.
By 1572, the Inca society had been completely destroyed by the Spain, Francisco Pizarro and his army to be exact.
Religion: The Inca believed that their own ruler, Inca Sapa was half human, half god himself. The Inca also believed that Inti was the most important of the gods to the Inca (god of the sun). Inti was married to the goddess of the moon, Mama Quilla.

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Commoners were used for alot of the labor in the empire. Groups of families were organized into ayllu, which were units. They provided food, paid most of the taxes, and worked in mines and built things.

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Machu Picchu was a royal estate for the 9th king Pachacuti. The capitial was Cuzco.

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The Sapa Inca was the emporor. The queen was the coya.

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The Inca's built a big system of roads that went through the empire.  They also built bridges to get over rivers. The calendar was made up of 12 months, like our calendar. But each month had 3 weeks of 10 days. When the calendar and sun got off track, they would add a day or two to put them back in alignment sorta like our calendar.

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Commoners were responsible for most of the labor in the Inca Empire. Groups of families were

organized into units called ayllu. They paid most of the taxes in the empire either in food or in

hard labor. They provided food for the Emperor, the nobles, and commoners.

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Our group agreed on techology because they made steap roads and sprinklers.

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Did the Incas know the Mayans? I think this since they have a similar calendar.

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Was their calendar inspired by the maya calendar?

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Was their calendar inspired by the maya calendar?

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Why were their major punishments for breaking laws?

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Why were their major punishments for breaking laws?