ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

The basis of the economy was agriculture Larger families, received more land. The Inca staple food was the potato and corn, supplemented with meat auquénidos: llama and alpaca.

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IRRIGATION SYSTEM

The knowledge allowed irrigation water especially corn crop.

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WORK

INCA EMPIRE HOME ACTIVITY:

THE MITA: was a working system for state

THE CHUNGA: work done for the benefit of the people for women

THE Minca: work that was done in works on Sun

THE AYNI: was a working system for agriculture and construction

THE ARMY: This was a very important institution whose main task was to conquer new territories to the empire

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ARCHITECTURE: was characterized by symmetry and seeking ways that its buildings harmonize the landscape

CERAMICS: their colors are characterized by intensive use of different shades of brown and sepia addition to red, black, white, orange and purple

TEXTILES: tissue was characterized by geometric designs and finesse of his technique featured on beds of flowers

PAINTING: aesthetic expression manifested in murals and blankets, pottery, metallurgy, in the Andes of Peru Bolivia and Ecuador was the birthplace of this technique

MUSIC: included other musical wind instruments and percussion among the tinyala found the stick and the flute

MEDICINE: was intimately linked to magic and religion

MATH AND WRITING: mathematical concepts were applied by the Incas in the calculation of income and amounts of the economy

 

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION:

The imperial government was monarchical, theocratic type, its highest authority was the Sapa Inca imperial advised by the council.

The Incas were the leaders of the largest American empire near the end of the century xlv his empire began to expand from its initial Cuzco region to the southern region of the Andes Mountains of South America.

The Incas developed a highly functional style of public architecture that was remarkable for its advanced engineering and stonework.

The state religion was based on the worship of the sun, Inca emperors were regarded as descendants of the sun god. Religion dominated the entire political structure. Religious practice consisted in consultation of oracles, sacrifices as offerings and public confessions. The Inca Empire was a state located in pre-Columbian South America, covered about 2000000 square km between the Pacific Ocean and the Amazon jungle.

After the meeting of the Hispanic culture and the Andean established writing as a means of transmission and recording of information, also began the process of miscegenation.

The Andean region was due to the presence of the Andes-site location for its high plains desert coasts cold dry tropics