The Incas : lords of the four quarters / Craig Morris and Adriana Von Hagen.
Morris, Craig, 1939-2006.; Von Hagen, Adriana.
2011
F3429 .M842 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The Incas : lords of the four quarters / Craig Morris and Adriana Von Hagen.
Author
Morris, Craig, 1939-2006.
ISBN
9780500021217
050002121X
Publication Details
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.
Language
English
Description
256 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
F3429 .M842 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
980/.01
Summary
The Incas emerged in the fourteenth century to build one of the largest empires of the ancient world. It extended northwards from the capital Cusco to include parts of modern Peru and Ecuador, and southwards into Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. This survey provides an account of the Incas: their politics, economics, religion, architecture, art, and technology. The authors look in detail at the capital Cusco and at the four parts of the empire, exploring not just famous sites such as Machu Picchu but all the major regional settlements, many of them straddling Inca roads. What emerges is a portrait showing how the Incas ruled somes peoples directly but allowed others to maintain their traditional leaders with little interference. The book concludes with the end of the empire: the arrival of the Spaniards, the assassination of the Inca ruler Atawallpa, and the final years of the rebellious, neo-Inca state in the tropical forests of Vilcabamba.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Von Hagen, Adriana.
Series
Ancient peoples and places (Thames and Hudson)
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The road to Chachapoyas
Land of the four quarters
The birth and growth of Tawantinsuyu
The principles of Inca statecraft: feared warriors, generous rulers
The wealth of the empire: land, labor, and the worth of goods
Religion and ideology: the sun, the moon, the oracles, the ancestors
Technology and the arts: architects, potters, weavers, and smiths
Cusco: capital of the realm
Chinchaysuyu: land of the setting sun and the sacred shell
Antisuyu: the road to Machu Picchu and beyond
Qollasuyu and Kuntisuyu: herds, metals, and mountains of sacrifice
The fall: bearded men from across the sea.

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