The Ancient Incas

The exact origins of the Incan people are unknown with most of its history comes from oral traditions, stone, pottery, jewelry, and tapestry.  The civilization was only existed for approximately 100 years.  The Incans named their empire, Land of the Four Quarters because it stretched north to south 2,500 miles along the Andean Range from Columbia to Chile. 

The Incans were considered descendants of the sun.  Consequently the Incan people worshiped the sun with a celebration that was held annually to praise the sun for growing the crops.  The Incans worshipped the sun god, Inti.  The origins of the Incans describe how the sun god sent his children to find Cuzco, the sacred city and capital of the Inca Empire.

The Incans were a people who had an almost communistic empire when it came to the distribution of resources and labor. The Incans were like the ancient Aztec people, and they inhabited South America in about the same time period. 

Most of the Incans were farmers, and they relied on grain harvesting. The Incans believe that in the beginning the earth was covered in darkness. Out of a lake called Collasuyu, the God Con Tiqui came forth bringing some human beings with him. Con Tiqui created the sun, the moon and the stars to light the world and created more human beings out of the rocks He then sent these people off into every comer of the world. He kept a male and female with him at Cuzco

 The Incans had many Gods and built temples and monuments to these Gods. Each God represented an important part of their life and so the Incans believed that to live a good life, one had to pray to each God and make sacrifices to them.