Daily Life in the Inca Empire
- The Inca class system
- Daily life among the farmers and common people
- Daily life among the nobility
- Burial practices of the Inca people
- For More Information
Of the estimated ten million people living in the Inca (pronounced ING-kuh) empire at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1533, the vast majority were working people whose lives were filled from dawn till dusk with hard work. In many ways, the Inca rulers were keen psychologists (people who study human thinking and behavior) who created a system to ensure that their people had neither the time nor the energy to rebel, commit crimes, or avoid their duties to the empire, their religion, their families, or their ayllus (pronounced...
[The entire page is 6831 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
