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__**INCAS**__ 13th Century t o the 16th Century Incas dominated Peru for about 300 years from the 13th-16th century. [|Incas In Peru]

*Religion* The Incas were a polytheistic group of people meaning the believed in many gods. They served several gods, some being the moon, sun, and Earth gods. They considered their Emperors demigods because they had a "special connection" with god that was different from ordinary people. One major god was called Viracocho who was greater and more powerful then all other gods. [|religion]


 * ~Location~ **
 * South America
 * Peru
 * Andes Mountains
 * Located in South America but empire stretched from Columbia to Chile
 * Inca Capital= Cuzco

DAILY LIFE AS AN INCA [|Inca social classes]
 * Social Groups
 * 1st- Sapa Inca
 * means unique inca sent by the sun god
 * 2nd- Nobles
 * 3rd- Curacas
 * not incas but when the incas conquered lands they made the conquered peoples part of the incan society calling them curacas
 * Last- Craftsmen and farmers
 * Work
 * Craftsmen- made things of gold, silver, and copper
 * Stonemason- cut stone bricks for building
 * Government
 * No writing
 * Relay system to spread messages
 * messengers ran/walked to meet up with other messengers to spread messages across the empire
 * No prison
 * serious crimes were punished with executed by pushing off cliffs
 * minor crimes were punished by cutting off hands or blinding

Questions:
 * 1) How was news spread?... Message relay system could take a few days but they spread news across the whole civilization
 * 2) What continent is Peru apart of?.... South America
 * 3) Do Incas worship only one god?... No, they serve many gods, the most important being the sun god and moon goddess
 * 4) If there was no written record, how do we know about incas?.... Word was communicated and passed down orally until a writing system was developed
 * 5) What were curacas?.... People conquered and made part of the inca society