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- Where did the Moche live?
- What did the Moche and Inca have in common?
- What were the Moche people known for?
- Where is Peru?
- Where is Chavín located?
- Where did the Incas live?
- Where did the Nazca live?
- Is Moche an Inca?
- What are Moche ceramics?
- What was the Inca economy based on?
- Who captured the Inca Empire?
- Did the Moche have a written language?
- When was Moche found?
- What type of government did the Moche have?
Where did the Moche live?
Moche, also called Mochica, Andean civilization that flourished from the 1st to the 8th century ce on the northern coast of what is now Peru.
What did the Moche and Inca have in common?
Moche or Mochica: Aqueduct engineers
The Moche was an urban civilization that had much in common with the Incas. In each of these valleys lived a lord that had complete control and who was considered a deity.
What were the Moche people known for?
The Moche are well known for their art, especially their naturalistic and articulate ceramics, particularly in the form of stirrup-spout vessels. The ceramics incorporate a wide-ranging subject matter, both in shape and painted decorations, including representations of people, animals, and ritual scenes.
Where is Peru?
Peru is situated in the western part of South America and shares borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. Its enormous territory, covering more than 1.2 million square kilometers, is composed of three regions: Coast, Highlands and Jungle. Its current population exceeds 31.5 million inhabitants.
Where is Chavín located?
The Chavín civilization developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru between 900-250 BCE. Their influence extended to other civilizations along the coast. The Chavín civilization was located in the Mosna Valley, where the Mosna and Huachecsa rivers merge. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Where did the Incas live?
Inca, also spelled Inka, South American Indians who, at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1532, ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from the northern border of modern Ecuador to the Maule River in central Chile.
Where did the Nazca live?
Nazca, culture located on the southern coast of present-day Peru during the Early Intermediate Period (c. 200 bc–ad 600), so called from the Nazca Valley but including also the Pisco, Chincha, Ica, Palpa, and Acarí valleys.
Is Moche an Inca?
The ancient Moche civilization of Peru existed long before the Inca. The Moche civilization, also known as the Early Chimu or Mochica culture, flourished from approximately 100 to 800 CE. Dominating the northern coast, the Moche came to be one of the most important groups in Peruvian history.
What are Moche ceramics?
Early Moche vessels are very sculptural, depicting humans, supernatural figures, animals, and plants in a great variety. Later Moche ceramics feature complex line drawings of similar subject matter (called fineline style). The Moche often used a distinctive spout on their vessels, called a stirrup spout.
What was the Inca economy based on?
The main resources available to the Inca Empire were agricultural land and labor, mines (producing precious and prestigious metals such as gold, silver or copper), and fresh water, abundant everywhere except along the desert coast.
Who captured the Inca Empire?
On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa.
Did the Moche have a written language?
The Moche Civilization was based in modern Peru. Although they left no written language, their culture was preserved in their art. A polytheistic culture that practiced human sacrifice, the Moche valued the priests and the warriors above all other people.
When was Moche found?
The Moche civilization (also known as the Mochica) flourished along the northern coast and valleys of ancient Peru, in particular, in the Chicama and Trujillo Valleys, between 1 CE and 800 CE.
What type of government did the Moche have?
The Moche government and social structure were hierarchical and very organized. It was split between the northern and southern regions of their lands. The top class of the government and Moche society were the warrior priests who controlled both warfare and the Moche religion as holy men.
