ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ausangate, Transvestism, Architectural Plan
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Geography of peru driest desert; fecund sea, soaring andes. Endless forests of the amazon model for the expansion of empires. Chavin, moche, chimu, tiawanaku, inca, sierra, nazca, paracas. Nearly 3500 years of history before the rise of the inca. Spainards asked about the origins of the inca. Told of a time of darkness and a great food sent by the creator wiracocha taking pity on humanity. Stood on an island in titicaca, flung into the sky, the sun, moon and all the stars. Waters of titicaca emerged manco capae the son of the sun, his sister mama occlo daughter of the moon. Golden staff they walked north probing the earth: thus sacred valley of cuzco, empire began at the dawn of time incan history revolved around the heroic exploits of the 12 divine ruler. Inca fled leaving it to his son to win the field. Pachacuti, reformer of the world established his capital set out to conquer the world.
