ANTHRO 114R Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Pachacuti, Smallpox, Huayna Capac
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Pachacuti was responsible for the development of the inka empire. Topa inka yupanqui made more conquests and. Got this idea from the chimu, from the north. Were sacrificed, married, or became like mentors. 1483: topa inka dies, huayna capac takes over. Receives messages about an epidemic in cusco. Could have been due to the spanish presence. Went back after hearing about it unfortunately him and his successor got small pox and died of the way. For huayna capac he had 5 successors to choose from. Huascar and atahualpa both declare themselves king. Huascar was in cuzco and didn"t care what they said he was going to be king. Atahualpa born and raised in ecuador: was better compared to huascar, when he heard huascar declared himself king so atahualpa declared himself king to, both are from diff lineages which naturally don"t like each other. The envoy atahualpa sent to tell huascar to remove everything showing rank he was killed.
