HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Srivijaya, List Of Indian Spices, Mughal Empire
Document Summary
Had access to lots of gold used this to gain wealth. Located in the west coast of south america. The government was almost like the mongol rule of 10"s, since there was a system of a descending # of people in control. The road systems were fantastic (over 12,000 miles, bridges, good mail system) Religion: polytheistic, each month had a festival, main god is inti (sun god), chosen women would worship inti. Sapa inca: the sapa inca was the emperor of the incas, and had extreme power, he was thought to be the son of the sun god (inti, he was worshipped as the sun god. Why did europeans want to explore (motivations: the spices from the spice islands (malukas) was a huge motivation for trade, after the crusade, the black death disrupted trade between the mongols and the. Europeans: due to merchants of dying of the black death and the break-up of the mongols.
