Posts Tagged ‘Inca Empire’

The Myths of the Inca Empire

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt: The history tells us about the Incas. They adored several divinities with different powers. Here are the principal gods, the Creator, the sun, the thunder, the moon, the stars, the land and the sea. Also, there were other divinities which represented nature like: the mountains, the snow capped mountain, the spring, the trees, the caves, the lakes, and including animals and plants. All of these were named guacas, name who means ???sacred”. In the other side, the official religion was imposed in the conquered places….

The Education in the Inca Empire

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt:  1.               THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION   The “Ayllu” was a fundamental social group in Peru. It exists before the Inca Empire. In the first times, the Ayllu have farming lands and a chief, to whom all of the community obey. The Ayllu was like a huge family with a lot of parents and cousins. In the imperial age, the Incas displace the “Sinchi??? by another public official named “Curaca”, who was named directly by the Inca. This allowed him to have a fantastic control over all…