1. Although the current and preponderant language of citizens of South America is Spanish, the Inca's spoke the language Quechua. It was its single and ONLY official language.
2. Rulers divided territory and its people into manageable units, governed by a central bureaucracy. (New York State World History Textbook)
3. Their economic system was one that depended on what class group you would be categorized by. For example, farmers in the Inca empire, although substantially the lowest class, most of the empire depended heavily on farmers for their solemn survival. They were treated unequally and often had to pay gold to the upper class men. (http://www.mnsu.edu/) The Inca's economic system was vast and ahead of its time. Buildings were consistently being dressed with ores of gold and silk. (www.tqnyc.org/NYC062611/Journals/pdfs/journal%20ian.pdf)
4. The Inca's worshipped a variety of gods including, the god of the sun, earth, moon, thunder/lightning and the sea. It was evident that the elemental properties of the Earth were very valuable to the Inca's and were definitely worthy of praise. Inti, the Sun god, was the jewel of all the gods. The Sun plays a drastic and significant role in all of our lives. So they gave highest praise to the Sun god.
2. Rulers divided territory and its people into manageable units, governed by a central bureaucracy. (New York State World History Textbook)
3. Their economic system was one that depended on what class group you would be categorized by. For example, farmers in the Inca empire, although substantially the lowest class, most of the empire depended heavily on farmers for their solemn survival. They were treated unequally and often had to pay gold to the upper class men. (http://www.mnsu.edu/) The Inca's economic system was vast and ahead of its time. Buildings were consistently being dressed with ores of gold and silk. (www.tqnyc.org/NYC062611/Journals/pdfs/journal%20ian.pdf)
4. The Inca's worshipped a variety of gods including, the god of the sun, earth, moon, thunder/lightning and the sea. It was evident that the elemental properties of the Earth were very valuable to the Inca's and were definitely worthy of praise. Inti, the Sun god, was the jewel of all the gods. The Sun plays a drastic and significant role in all of our lives. So they gave highest praise to the Sun god.
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