1. Early Civilizations in South America
Global Studies I
Early Civilizations in South America

2. Inca Political Structures
1440, Incan ruler Pachacuti established a powerful empire
Emperor
Quarters
Provinces
Residents

3. Social Structures Marriage partners were from within social group
Women worked in the home or became priestesses
Farming villages

4. Building and Culture Building geniuses Machu Picchu Quipu theater
Built structures without the use of mortar
Machu Picchu
Quipu
A system of knotted strings used to record anything that could be numbered
No written language
theater
poetry
music

5. Conquest of the Inca
1531, Francisco Pizzaro arrived on the coast of South America
Smallpox devastated entire villages
civil war
1535, Pizzaro conquered the Incans

6. The End