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Daily Lives

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A day in the Incan life

 

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The normal lived people in the town, the people who didn’t have full time jobs or were job less usually lived further from the town. The housewives would get up in the morning, and get the basic morning needs from the resources house or warehouse in the town (flour, squash and corn) and they would get water from a local source. Flour, squash, corn and water was the daily needs for food of an average Incan. The higher classed people would eat alpaca meat, llama meat, squash, grains, flours, fruits and beans. The housewife would make basic bread with flour and water and heat it on the clay stove; they would do this for breakfast, midday meal and evening meal. The later the meals were, the more they would eat. This depended on where they lived, in other parts of the land there were different diets.

Lives outside of cities and towns were harder, the people there weren’t as high ranked as others and they would have to do all the work by themselves. In a city the population had a connection, where everyone would do a part of the daily routine to make life easier. (. E.g. there were runners who delivered mail; messages and food. They were called transporters [these were called transporters because they transported meats and agricultural products.] The Incas had a huge highway that went crossed the whole civilization, making it easy to transport things. There was one down to transporting things for the Incas, they didn’t have any animals other than llamas to pack on, and llamas were extremely slow. The products they got in the lower grounds and in the mountain were different.

In an Incan civilization there were several classes, jobs and different people. Below these people, jobs and classes will be named and explained.

The most beautiful 10-year-old girls were chosen to be cared for, and live in a temple. They were taught local arts and studied everything on the religion. After a few years, they were chosen to work in a wealthy man’s home, or even the emperor. Some were sacrificed to the gods and some were buried in the mountains to sustain the beauty. There were also some things in the empire that weren’t as pretty, llamas.

The Incas didn’t farm any animals other than llamas and alpacas. Teens would scare foxes, wolves and other predators away from the animals and keep the llamas and alpacas together. The herders would stay in small tents or huts nearby the flock. When it was time (after winter), they would sheer the alpacas and llamas and slaughtered some of them for their meat. (The slaughter occurred throughout the whole year).

Craftsmen were blacksmiths, ceramicists and jewelers. The blacksmiths prepared irons (gold, copper and bronze) to make religious items, accessories and decorations with. They also made the weapons for the army. Ceramicist would make all the kitchen needs (pots, plates, stoves and other basic needs.), they made these with clay found in the mountain and used tools to smoothen and used a wax like substance from a tree that could take high heat, and made it partially waterproof. Jewelersmade necklaces, earrings, chains, gold plates, and other luxurious items made from jewels and expensive metals. Craftsmen show us how wealthy the Incans were,

As usual, there was also a one crazy old man from the tow, for the Incan civilization it would be the sorcerers. Sorcerers were local people of the town who were usually older than the rest. They could predict the future, cast spells and help others overcome hinders in goals. They were not priests, as they did not work with religious beliefs, but worked with spirits.

There were not many slaves in the Incan society; there were only slaves in some parts (northern areas). The slaves would mine for gold, copper, silver, stone and clay for the craftsmen to work with. They would also help with construction and other needs in the city. Slaves weren’t much appreciated for in the Incan civilization, nevertheless they played a huge role in the “flow” of the town.

The emperor had a huge job in the town; he would control the economy, religious events, warfare and almost all decisions made in the city. He would have assistants who were professionals in things, such as farming, hunting and religious events. He had these to give him advice on decisions he was going to make.

Lives outside of cities and towns were harder, the people there weren’t as high ranked as others and they would have to do all the work by themselves. In a city the population had a connection, where everyone would do a part of the daily routine to make life easier. (. E.g. there were runners who delivered mail; messages and food, there were transporters [these were called transporters because they transported meats and agricultural products.] The Incas had a huge highway that went crossed the whole civilization, making it easy to transport things. There was one down to transporting things for the Incas, they didn’t have any animals other than llamas to pack on, and llamas were extremely slow. The products they got in the lower grounds and in the mountain were different.

 

 

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Information:

 

Chrisp, Peter. The Incas. New York: Thompson Learning, 1994. Print.

 

 

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Larsen, Dale John. Inca Terrace Farming. 8 Feb. 2007. Pbase. pbase, n.d. Web. 27

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