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American Civilizations of the 15th Century
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Interesting Info
Aztecs typically used their captives as human sacrifices. Incas made captives learn their language of Quechua, this resulted in a very flexible government, people were still allowed to practice their own religions, resistance in some areas, but everywhere rulers tried to incorporate lower level people into the government.
Social Life
Tenochtitlan
Both practiced gender parallelism where both men and women held positions in the government and as religious officials. Women's jobs of childbirth, cooking, etc were not seen as inferior, in the Aztec community sweeping was seen as noble job. In the Incan culture the sapay Inca was the male ruler and the coya was his female consort
Economy
Inca
Their conquered lands were not based on tribute like the Aztecs but based on labor services (mita), much trade along the "American web"
Aztec
Strongly based on trade some merchants had more money than nobles, traded slaves for human sacrifice, Hernan Cortes "every kind of merchandise such as can be met with in every land is for sale there"
Machu Picchu
Government
Aztec
A centralized government where tribute was sent to Tenochtitlan (capital), the state was loosely structured which resulted in many rebellions, and a large importance on trade
Inca
A bureaucratic government where the emperor ruled and the state owned all the land and resources, quipus knotted cords for accounting , and each of some 80 provinces had a governer
Development
The Aztecs came from the Mexica people forming an alliance w/ 2 other city-states in Mesoamerica 1428
The Incas came from the Quechua speaking people along the Andes Mountains
What distinguished the Aztec and Inca empires from each other?
- Government
- Economy
- Social Life
American Civilizations of the 15th Century
Garrett Jones