The rise and fall of the Inca Empire by Juan Martin Brito Mendizabal https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu en-us 2020-10-05 19:32:00 UTC 2025-11-05 17:28:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Organization and traits of the Inca empire jmbrito2023 https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808706957 - The common people in the Inca empire were taxed not in money but in labour. In return, they would get food, clothes, housing, and other such necessities. 
- There were complex irrigation systems in the mountains that enabled the Inca to plant at different heights and to nourish the entire empire. 
- Empire was divided into 4 parts (Tahuantinsuyu), which reported to the king. 
 -The Incas had no writing, but they used a counting system involving knotting strings, which was used to count and record everything that they needed. ]]> 2020-10-07 00:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808706957 The legend of the creation of the Inca. jmbrito2023 https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808713127 - With his staff, he would test the soil in places, by trying to insert the staff into the ground, to see if the land was fertile. When they arrived at the Cusco valley, the land was fertile. 
- Ayar Manco became Manco Capac and was the first Inca ruler. 
- Ayar Manco, leading 4 brothers and 4 sisters, came out of the cave Tombo Toco. 
- The ancestors of the rulers of the Inca civilization were created by the sun God Inti. ]]> 2020-10-07 00:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808713127 Fall of the Inca jmbrito2023 https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808724411 - Even though they were vastly outnumbered, the Spanish conquistadors defeated the Inca as a result of having better weapons, having horses, surprise, and bringing the flu. 
- Huayna Capac's two remaining sons, Atahualpa and Huascar, ignited a civil war to fight for the throne. 
- By 1572, the Spanish had destroyed most of the Inca cities, and the Inca empire finally fell.
- In 1532, Atahualpa won, but immediately encountered the Spanish conquistadors. ]]> 2020-10-07 00:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808724411 The Incas existed in Cusco as Early as 1200 CE. jmbrito2023 https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808766657 - The ruler left in fear, but his son, didn't, and defeated the enemy. 
- He built and reformed the empire to include things like organized agriculture. 
- Pachacuti then started the expansion of the Inca empire. 
- The Inca were nearly conquered by the Chanka in 1438.]]> 2020-10-07 00:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jmbrito2023/seei1isj7u1qsusu/wish/808766657