3.  The civilization started at the Andes mountain in Peru on the continent of South America. The nickname of the empire is called, 'Land of the four quarters’. They called their empire Tawantinsuyu because it was divided into 4 main sections. The Incas arrived at the Cuzco valley around 1200 A.D. They lived at a village where the 3 rivers join. The water feed the crops and make the region warmer. During 1200 A.D., they began to spread apart.

4.  The Inca’s were polytheistic. They believe Viracocha brought light into the moon, and pulled the sun and moon from an Island in lake Titicaca. They have three major gods: Inti, the sun god; illape, the thunder god; and Mama-Quilla, the moon god. These were the sky gods. They controlled light, rain, and farming. They all produce gold. The Inca’s believe in spirits that are called huacas. They believe in mummification and heaven and the underworld. Every major Inca city have temples. They have priest and priestess. They have religion ceremonies. The Incas believe in human sacrifice. The most popular prayer is the Viracocha, and the Inti.

5.  They grew corn and they it turned to popcorn by heating the corn. They made corn beer that called Chicha and they use it for religious ceremonies. They use a writing system called Quipu. The Inca’s calendar was important for religion reason. Each month have different religion ceremonies festival. They have 12 months in a year. A mouth is divided into 3 weeks, and a week is divided into 10 days. The Inca’s use a special tower called ”time makers”. The time makers tells when is the new month begins. They invented many wood percussion instruments. The panpipe is most popular instrument and it still played at the Andes mountain today. They invented technology that is terrace farming, surplus crops and irrigation systems. The invented roads, and hang bridges.

6.  The advisers are prefects, or apos. There are the headquarters in Cuzco and relatives of Sapa Inca. They are well seasoned, experienced government officials. They were in charged of one of the 4 major quarter empires.  The Sapa Inca was powerful. He ruled everything; and he made the laws. The Sapa Inca was responsible for everything. They have their own government social structure. In the very top of the pyramid is the Sapa Inca. After is the supreme council(4 men). Next is the provincial governors, then the officials that is army officers, priests, judges, and other noble class. After the officials is the workers. There was hardly no crime in the Inca empire. The Inca laws were very harsh.

7.  The Incas were wealthy. None were staving. The Incas had a moneyless economy.  Private land is rare in the Inca empire. Cotton was valuable for crops. They trade produced food, other types of food, clothing, tools, and cookware.  They mine sliver, gold, and copper. They pay the Mit’a and agricultural tax. They get work done by paying taxes, or they pay with their service or labor.

8.  In there social structure, the Sapa Inca is at the very top. Then is the royalty, next is the nobility, and last is the Aylla. One was born into that class and died in that class.

9.  10 million people lived at the Inca empire.  A family that is living in a group in a house is called Ayllus.  A woman can only have one husband. The husband could have more than on wife.  Marco Capac established the Inca empire in 1438 and declared himself as Sapa Inca.  They don’t have no written down language, they use yarn.  In 1531 A.D., Pizarro brings the Spanish that is European to the Inca empire. He killed emperor Atahualpa that is the Inca ruler.  The Inca’s still live in the modern day country of Peru in South America.  Nobody was starving, or homeless. Everybody in the Inca empire was healthy, and taken care of.  The Inca’s have a Strong army.  They love to tell stories, and myths.

10. TThe Inca civilization stared in 1200 A.D. There empire was on the today country Peru. They divided the empire into 4 sections. They were Polytheistic and they do Llama and human sacrifice. They have a government social structure. The sapa Inca controls the whole empire of ancient Inca. They have a strong army. They loved to tell myths and it goes by oral traditions. They Believe in mummification. In 1521, the Spanish European had token over there land and there civilization fall down.

11.  1) When the Inca empire started?  2) What are the 3 major gods?  3) How many sections did they divided the Inca empire?  4) What country came to the Inca empire and killed one of the rulers?  5) Who is at the top of the social structure?

12.  http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html  http://incas.mrdonn.org/invention.html  Book  Lost civilizations ` The Inca`. By James A. Corrick. The Websites

13.  1) 1200 A.D.  2) Inti, Illapa, and Mama – Quilla  3) Four  4) Europe  5) The Sapa Inca