Inca Civil War

Examples of Inca Civil War in the following topics:

• The Spanish Conquest

  • The Inca Empire already faced instability due to the Inca Civil War, European diseases, and internal revolt when explorer Francisco Pizarro began the conquest of Inca territory.
  • Foremost among these was the Inca Civil War, which is also known as the War of Succession or the War of Two Brothers.
  • This civil war left the population in a precarious position by the time it ended.
  • Even though the Inca Civl War made it easier for the Spanish armies to gain control initially, many other contributing factors brought about the demise of Inca rule and the crumbling of local populations.
  • Although Atahualpa successfully won the Inca Civil War and ruled as emperor, he was soon captured by the Spanish and killed in 1533.

• The Inca People

  • The Inca Empire was the largest of the pre-Columbian mesoamerican empires.
  • The civilization emerged in the 13th century and lasted until it was conquered by the Spanish in 1572.
  • Machu Picchu was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire.
  • The construction of Machu Picchu appears to date from the period of the two great Inca emperors, Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1438–1471) and Tupac Inca Yupanqui (1472–1493), and was probably built as a temple for the emperor Pachacutec.
  • The intricate metalwork of the Inca was heavily influenced by the Chimú culture, which was conquered and absorbed into the Inca culture around 1470.

• Religion in the Inca Empire

  • This wedge penetrated the earth, and they built the capital of Cusco and civilization on that very spot.
  • She was incorporated into Inca culture as a lower divine entity.
  • The Inca believed in reincarnation.
  • The Incas also performed child sacrifices during or after important events, such as the death of the Sapa Inca or during a famine.
  • The Inca also practiced cranial deformation.

• Administration of the Inca Empire

  • The Inca Empire was a hierarchical system with the emperor, or Inca Sapa, ruling over the rest of society.
  • One segment was comprised of the common people, including those cultures that had been subsumed by the Inca Empire.
  • The Inca civilization was able to keep populations in line, collect taxes efficiently, and move goods, messages, and military resources across such a varied landscape because of the complex road system.
  • The Inca utilized a complex recording system to keep track of the administration of the empire.
  • Understand the importance of the governing bodies, road system, recording tools, and social hierarchy of the Inca Empire

• The Guatemalan Civil War

• The Syrian Civil War

• The Russian Civil War

• The Chinese Civil War

• Spanish Exploration

  • The Spanish forces, in addition to significant armament and equestrian advantages, exploited the rivalries between competing indigenous peoples, tribes, and nations, some of which were willing to form alliances with the Spanish in order to defeat their more powerful enemies, such as the Aztecs or Incas—a tactic that would be extensively used by later European colonial powers.
  • Of equal importance was the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
  • After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca.
  • The conquest of the Inca Empire led to spin-off campaigns into present-day Chile and Colombia, as well as expeditions towards the Amazon Basin.
  • Following the Age of Discovery and the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish Empire became the most powerful state in Europe: [Blue] Territories of the Portuguese empire during the Iberian Union (1580-1640); [Purple] Territories lost before or due to the Treaties of Utrecht-Baden (1713–1714); [Red] Territories lost before or during the Spanish American wars of independence (1808-1833); [Orange] Territories lost following the Spanish-American War (1898-1899); [Green] Territories granted independence during the Decolonization of Africa (1956-1976); [Brown] Current territories administered by Spain.

• The Decline of the Maya

  • Warfare most likely caused populations in long-inhabited religious cities, like Kuminaljuyu, to be abandoned in favor of smaller, hilltop settlements that had a better advantage against warring factions.
  • Unlike the Aztec and Inca Empires, there was no single Maya political center during the Postclassic period that, once overthrown, would hasten the end of collective resistance from the indigenous peoples.
  • Built by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization sometime between the 9th and 12th centuries CE, El Castillo served as a temple to the god Kukulkan, the Yucatec Maya Feathered Serpent deity closely related to the god Quetzalcoatl known to the Aztecs and other central Mexican cultures of the Postclassic period.