The people of the Andes knew that a lightning in the sky could spread death just as a crashing tree could do, but they also knew that without rain that followed the lightning and without food growing on the ground, no one could survive. Life and death were connected. It was discovered that seeds could…
Tag: Pachacútec
INKADYRKELSE AF FORFÆDRE OG DEN DELTE ARV
Befolkningen i Andes vidste at et lyn på himlen kunne sprede død lige som et styrtende træ kunne, men at uden regn der fulgte lynet og uden mad der groede på jorden kunne ingen overleve. Liv og død hang sammen. Man opdagede at frø kunne spire, vokse, sætte blomster der blev til frugter der kunne…
PERU: THE DEVISION OF THE INCA EMPIRE
If Atahualpa had been his fathers general and governor in the north, then he at the death of the father could try to fight for the position as Sapa Inca. He was sitting in a capital, a new capital, which must have given him legitimacy or the feeling of such one. His power base would…
PERU: INKARIGETS SPLITTELSE
Hvis Atahualpa havde været sin fars general og guvernør i nord, så kunne han ved faderens død forsøge at tilkæmpe sig posten som sapa inka. Han sad jo i en hovedstad, en ny hovedstad, hvilket må have givet ham legitimitet eller følelsen af en sådan. Hans magtbase ville være den stående hær, der som noget…
PERU: WAR OF BROTHERS
Hayna Cápac, the 11th Sapa Inca, followed his predecessors tradition of having many children. At least three or four of his sons were of decisive importance to Inca history, but none of them could foresee the future of the enormous Inca Empire, which was succumbing to its own success, respectively cracking as a result of…
PERU: BRODERKRIG
Hayna Cápac, den 11. sapa inka, fulgte sine forgængeres tradition med at få mange børn. I al fald tre-fire af hans sønner fik afgørende betydning for inkahistorien, men ingen af dem kunne forudse fremtiden for det enorme inkarige, der var ved at segne under sin egen succes, hhv. revne som følge af indre modstand fra…
PERU: THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE
In 1493, Huayna Cápac, the 11th Sapa Inca, took over the Inca dignity of his father, Túpac Inca Yupanqui. During Huayna Cápac, the number of revolts rose, and the main reason for this is believed to have been the extensions, that Cusco lay so far away that the original reciprocity – Pachacútecs principle of reciprocity,…
PERU: IMPERIETS FORTSATTE VOKSEVÆRK
I 1493 overtog Huayna Cápac, den 11. sapa inka, inka-værdigheden efter sin far, Túpac Inka Yupanqui. Under Huayna Cápac steg antallet af oprør, og den væsentligste grund hertil menes at have været udvidelserne, at Cusco lå så langt borte så den oprindelige gensidighed – Pachacútecs gensidighedsprincip, noget for noget – helt var forsvundet. Det var…
PERU: THE INCAS WAY OF RULING
Sapa Inca was the title of the sole ruler in Tawantinsuyu, The Four Regions. To and including the reign of the 9th Inca, Pachacútec, the ayllus had constituted the foundation of society. The Cusco-kingdom was relatively small, the ethnic Incas clustered in the manageable society and other ethnic groups could see benefits in joining the…
PERU: INKAERNES STYREFORM
Sapa inka var eneherskerens titel i Tawantinsuyu, De Fire Verdenshjørners Rige. Til og med Pachacútec, den 9. inka, havde aylluerne udgjort samfundets fundament. Cusco-kongedømmet var relativt lille, de etniske inkaer holdt sammen i det overskuelige samfund og andre etniske grupper kunne se fordele i at slutte op om herskeren i Cusco. Der kun var få…
PERU: DIVISION OF THE CONQUERED
The Inca could leave a conquered area for religious worship. Thus, a sacred mountain could be attributed ‘its’ area, just as gods, oracles, and the Sun Inti could ‘get’ possessions. Specifically, it meant that the people who lived in the area were instructed to cultivate the land and deliver the crops to the priests who…
PERU: DELING AF DET EROBREDE
Inkaen kunne overlade et erobret område til religiøs dyrkelse. Således kunne et helligt bjerg få tillagt ’sit’ område, lige som guder, orakler og Solen Inti hver især kunne ’få’ besiddelser. Konkret indebar det at de mennesker der boede i området blev pålagt at dyrke jorden og aflevere afgrøderne til de præster der stod for tilbedelsen…
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