Indigenous Peoples of the Andes - Andean Civilizations, Aymara, Indigenous Culture of the Andes, Indigenous People of the Andes, Quechua (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Andean civilizations, Aymara, Indigenous culture of the Andes, Indigenous people of the Andes, Quechua, Inca Empire, Tiwanaku, Norte Chico civilization, Sican culture, Chimu culture, Nazca culture, Aymara language, Chachapoyas culture, Paititi, Moche, Quechua people, Chankas, Aymara people, Ekeko, Q'ero, Yatiri, Caral, Andean cuisine, Uru people, Kallawaya people, Pijao people, Wari culture, Cultural periods of Peru, Mollo culture, Tambo, Wari Empire, Ancient Peruvian cultures, Andean textiles, Quena, Jose Maria Melo, Cupisnique, Gaitana, Chimor, Killke culture, Atacama people, Northern Inca Empire, Tsachila, Viru culture, Caras people, Amazonian Kichwas, Amazonas before the Inca Empire, Waru Warn, Tallan, Wankas, Lima culture, Aymara declension, Aguayo, Chango people, Mitma, Huaricanga, Mallku. Excerpt: The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in the early 13th century. From 1438 to 1533, the Incas used a variety of methods, from conquest to peaceful assimilation, to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern Ecuador, Peru, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, north and north-central Chile, and southern Colombia into a state comparable to the historical empires of the Old World. The official language of the empire was Quechua, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quechua were spoken. The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu which can be translated as The Four Regions or The Four United Provinces. There were many local forms of worship, most of them concerning l...