PPT-The Inca Empire

14381533 CE Largest preColumbian empire Stretched 5000 km along western coast of South America Andes Mountains ModernDay Peru amp Chile Cuzco Political and Military hub Identified . Who were the Mayans?. Who were the Mysterious Mayans?. A long time ago, around 2500 BCE, an ancient tribe of Central American Indians called the . Olmecs. settled in the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. . By Kenny Drost. History. The Inca trace all the way back to about 1200 A.D.. The Inca lived in small societies and were late bloomers for their time period.. Eventually, they conquered their neighbors and rose to become an Empire.. The Americas Before Columbus. Aztec (. A.D. 1200's – A.D. 1500's. ). A new people from the North began moving into central Mexico called the Aztecs.. They became the most powerful civilization in Mesoamerica.. Metal art of the . incas. Who were the Incas?. The Inca people were a pastoral tribe in the Cusco area around the 12th century. Under the leadership of Manco . Cápac. , they formed the small . city-state. Inca Government . I. N. C. A. Pachuti. When Pachuti became an emperor he changed a lot of things. Pachuti started by reorganizing this city of Cusco and turning it into an empire. After doing that he made a new government. Mrs. Allred’s 5. th. Grade History. Here Comes the Sun. It is the year 1500.. You are standing in a crowd of people.. You look down the road and see a golden litter carried on the shoulders of four men.. Daily Life. The . ayllu. was a group of families that worked a portion of land together. . Everyone in the Inca Empire was a member of an . ayllu. The daily life of a peasant in the Inca Empire was full of hard work. . New World Cultures. At the time of Spanish arrival (1492). New World Cultures. Mayas . Kukulkan. Pyramid - . Chichen. Itza. New World Cultures. Aztecs. Ziggurats. Calendars. Pictographs. (Writing System). Mr. Hardy. RMS IB Middle School. 2012-2013. The Aztec. By 1500, . the Aztec . controlled a . kingdom. that . covered almost all of Mexico. The Aztec were a . fierce, warlike people. , who conquered their neighbors and . Julie Robinson. 6. th. . 11/10/14. . The reason I choose to do the Incas is because they are cool people to learn about. They also make things a certain way. They never made it different like their farms its all made the same way!! I really Hope you enjoy this slide show I have made about the Incas and their Empire!!!!!!. Origin and Background . The Inca civilization flourished in between 1400 and 1533 CE, The empire extended across western South America as the largest empire ever seen in the Americas and the largest in the world at that time. . Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica = Mexico & Central America. Mesoamerica. Some of the earliest civilizations in the Americas developed in . Mesoamerica. The . Maya . and . Aztec . lived in the Mesoamerican region. Inca society was based on a strictly organized class structure There were three broad classes The Emperor and his immediate family nobles and commoners Throughout Inca society people who were Incaby Focus Questions. What was Native American society like before European contact? . What factors led to Europe’s increased exploration and to the discovery of the New World?. What is the . Columbian Exchange.