The plot to overthrow the Inca Empire - Gabriel Prieto

[@AguNorris]

People underestimate the Inca's influence in history, I live in Mendoza, Argentina, their technology and infrastructure has had such influence in my province that we keep the "Inca Sun" in our flag.

[@charlie-qh2ll]

So you admire and honor people who enslaved, murdered, and colonized others?

[@randomname1251]

IMO, if the society wasn’t ancient Egypt or a European civilization, they have been basically forgotten. Hope that changes in the future.

[@joaquinpipinich2042]

Acequias for the win

[@CarlosAM1]

​@@randomname1251the mayas, incas and aztecs wouod like a word with you

[@steelcladCompliant]

The flag of Argentina itself has the Inca sun. In the early days of revolution it was even proposed that we have a king of Inca descent (because democracy was still a very new and outrageous idea)

[@technojunkie123]

It’s so cool to hear about the history of Pre-Colombian South America! It’s a great reminder that the people and kingdoms were 3 dimensional people with their ow struggles & fights long before the Spanish arrived

[@kma3647]

Can't be. They were clearly all peace-loving, spirit-worshipping peyote smokers who just wanted to live in peace until the mean old white guys showed up and brutally repressed and genocided them with their repression and genocide. Had it not been for those terrible white people who should be shunned and hated, the natives would still be holding hands in peace and harmony today. Just ask Howard Zinn or any American high school teacher. (Yes, I totally agree with you! Real history is complex and fascinating. I wish we learned it instead of narrative-driven drivel.)

[@ebrimajallow9631]

Many people forget that or even try to twist it.

[@diegoganoza4238]

Oscar Gabriel Prieto Burmester is one of the best archaeologists in the world, a pride for Peru, and thanks to him many discoveries have been made, attracting attention from abroad. Thanks to all who make this possible.

[@humbertoarancibiasalaverry3426]

Totally agree

[@jeepmega629]

I always love hearing about Pre Columbian American history, very underrated!

[@XOPOIIIO]

Looks like there was peace and harmony before Europeans came.

[@alibobali4032]

@@XOPOIIIO ~ There was conflict and war, but it was amongst peoples who had lived in those areas for thousands of years. Every human civilization wars against other groups when they want to take something from others around them. Greed, control, hate... these are not new feelings. They represent the worst of human's universal primal instincts. But pre-Columbian era, South American native peoples were warring amongst themselves. Having an outside people/force come in and take over everything is the issue in colonialism. Surely we can all see how colonialism differs from indigenous warring. When you wipe out previous civilations and take over, that is wrong. So much is lost to history this way, besides the obvious immorality of it. What makes colonialism so bad is largely the scale to which foreign invaders took over lands and people that had been there for countless generations. All the bad things about war, level 9000.

[@XOPOIIIO]

​@@alibobali4032 Incas wasn't native to the lands they invaded. There were no "warring among themselves", because these were different groups with different cultures, languages and customs that you homogenizing under the term "natives", but they were just as foreign to each other as to Europeans, safe for the guns and large ships. What about the scale... Pre-columbian Empires were quite large, they were limited by technologies, not by desires to expand even further.

[@alibobali4032]

@@XOPOIIIO - If a people are so ancient to a geographical area that there is no known history for where they came from, that to me is "native." I'm sure Incas did come from somewhere else, or were a mixture of even more ancient tribes, but how long ago? No one knows, right?

[@XOPOIIIO]

@@alibobali4032 But by the same logic you could say that colonization of Africa by Europeans was "a fight among themselves", because first Europe and Africa is geographically the same landmass, and second, we know for sure that Europeans originated from Africa.

[@derkaiser420]

I was about to say sadly, the uprising was a failure and the Inca burned the city to the ground as punishment. The Inca were pretty savage to the people they ruled over. Maybe next, could you do one on the Incan Civil War that happened right before the Spanish showed up? South American history is very interesting before the Europeans came. Thanks.

[@antoniousai1989]

Same in Mexico. The Spanish conquerors would have never won if the Tlaxcala, in their hatred for the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, did not ally with them. There was a lot of infighting between the Mesoamerican kingdoms before the Europeans came.

[@XTheLolX301]

They were not that savage, most who got subordinated inside the empire were integrated, but if you want to keep an empire together, u gotta be ruthless against those who want revolt against the power, is normal history. Also is not true that Incas burned the whole the city to the ground, they burned the main wall to gain access to the city and the defensive and administrative areas, u can still visit the city to this day, i live 10 mins away from it, most the reason why some parts are not well preserved is because of heavy rains and in colonial times when the city was empty spanish thought the walls had gold inside, but u can visit a lot of the city as it was before now with restaoration works, is a 20km archeology complex

[@amallulla2000]

You confused this supposed "Shock and Awe" with what the west does to its enemies. The city of Chan Chan -the largest adobe city in the world- is still there. Savages were those who came from the other side of the ocean.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm]

​@@antoniousai1989 Reminds me about when the Portuguese reached India, there where kingdoms all enemies of each other, so no doubt the Portuguese made allies and enemies and took the advantage of these enmities to their advantage, but I would argue the major differences between the indigenous Americans and the Indians is immunity to diseases, technological differences and having contact with even Portuguese enemies, if not then the native Americans could have driven out the Spanish. In the early days within India, the Portuguese had the advantages of having Cannons and the best navy of the time, so they won easy victories with cannons and navy, but they stuck to the coast due to their cannon ships, as going deep into India means they meet a army which is beyond the range of their ships. Technological differences here is, both sides had horses and iron technology, but didn't have cannons, while native Americans didn't have horses or iron. So after the king saw the effectiveness of Portuguese ships and cannons, he hired venetian, Turkish, Egyptian cannon engineers and shipbuilders to build ships the Portuguese way, thereby putting an end to the technological gap, something native Americans couldn't do.

[@antoniousai1989]

@@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm I mean, Indians were also more or less equivalent to Europeans technologically. Mesoamericans were basically in the bronze age, and meeting civilizations with a long history of diplomacy, strategy, and large-scale warfare and able to exploit any weakness and win even in reduced numbers. It's really not a comparison, as sophisticated as the Mesoamericans were, their civilization wasn't at the same level as the Eurasian ones by a large margin.

[@fabulosospucas]

What a great video! I was in Chan Chan 10 years ago while backpacking through South America and I remember hearing about part of this story. Thank you Ted!

[@francescamedina947]

I'm from Peru. Thanks for the video. It's always nice to hear abour tales of my country's history. This one particularly was unknown by me.

[@hamfahimkabir]

I as a Bangladeshi don't know much about pre colonial American history. I would love to know more and request TED Ed to make more videos on the history of the Americas.

[@Zacmaster78]

I knew a Bangladeshi kid when I was young. The Americas has such an rich history that needs to be explored and shared

[@khiroach4481]

Repent and believe in Jesus the Son of God, He died on the cross and rose from the dead three days later so we may receieve Eternal Life abd forgiveness of our sins. I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me - John 14:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal Life.

[@humbertoarancibiasalaverry3426]

Here in Huanchaco we are very grateful to the archaeologist Oscar Gabriel Prieto Burmester for highlighting our culture and bringing it to the eyes of the world.

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

This might be the first time where ted ed has used footage from real life cz mostly its all animated. Anyways great video!!

[@soulvey]

Wasn't expecting the plot twist of the prince stepping out of the shadows

[@adrianoclermont7078]

That was unexpected i thought the prince was happy ruling

[@guangsikchoi7230]

Today I thank you for my understanding the history of the South America which has so many mysterious stories.

[@luyandzabavukiledlamini4693]

Great to learn about beautiful pre-colonial history all over the world

[@chribu_]

The site of Chan Chan is really magnificent and really cheap to visit too. I‘ve been there in 2017

[@S_h_Z_200]

I was advised on this channel today and this is the first video I have watched. It is good for learning and listening and useful for learning the English language. Thank you for this wonderful effort.

[@bglrj]

They threw off his groove.

[@ArtCore616]

Oh yeah... I live In Trujillo, near where all this happened. History says that Incas and Chimus fought for like 12 years, then the Incas took every skilled labourer to Cuzco, Specially the ones that knew how to find underground water. So yeah, No surprise that the Chimu saw an opportunity in the Spanish Conquistators.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Imagine how this guy felt living to see the Incas get pwned by the Spanish.

[@ATOQ777]

A good portion of conquered nations military joined with the Spanish, they were indeed extremely satisfied of the Inca's downfall. However, after living under Spanish rule, many regretted it as it became clear the outcome was the greater of two evils.

[@davisbrown3342]

Y’all should do more videos like this! I got to visit the temple of the sun as a kid, it’s a Moche temple in Trujillo. It’s got a few stories worth telling

[@عبدالعزيزألأزرق-و5ي]

TED ED YOUR ANIMATION IS PHENOMENAL ❤️🤍

[@KTChamberlain]

It's good to be the king . . . except when that entails your father being held hostage by your conquerors and you have to answer to them.

[@gabrielsanchez402]

Seeing the incas as the villans is a breath of fresh air. Usually they're represented as victims of the spanish, but surely they were the victimizer for a lot of people.

[@josephrusso4828]

Nah. You wanna see real brutality, research the Aztecs. They were the real savages of the Americas.

[@ATOQ777]

That's one of their greatest defects, very aggresive and expansionist.

[@Leonie-qk2wu]

It's Also great to learn about south american cultures and civilizations without talking about europeans !

[@AriMar5-p7w]

It is likely the Chimu saw the Incas as barbarians, with their fondness of austere practices, their minimalistic art, their sober textiles on which even Inca kings dressed with, as for they valued the finesse of textiles made with the undyable brown wool of a vicuña more than precious metals, in comparison the Moche and Chimu kings dressed in lavish attires adorned with gold from head to toes, on their first meeting Pizarro confused the Chimu ruler next to Atahualpa as the Inca king because of said different dressing customs. Today like 95% of what you have seen passed as Inca on the internet, is actually Chimu or pre-Chimu (if it isn't Aztec or Mayan). Sure, a Chimu person could have found beauty in the simplicity of the Inca stone walls but the Chimu came from an interrupted 5000-year-old line of adobe frieze makers of beautiful dressings and intricacy.

[@quintenwhyte6660]

"Welcome to Cuzcotopia! The ultimate summer getaway! Complete with waterslide. 😉"-Emperor's New Groove

[@theressabarrett]

Waited years for a video like this and I am not disappointed. Good job ted ed!

[@Electronious]

ted-ed's videos are up to perfection

[@jodhpullela6993]

Awesome!

[@echa9446]

I've read in NatGeo magazine, that Chimu empire had this Chidren Sacrifice ceremony that kill children and had their hearts taken out (also paired with a llama as a sacrifice too) when they were desperate for harvest....poor kids😢

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

That's everywhere even on Europe 😂 for people back then, children are useless and eat a lot after all

[@Ein_Kunde_]

They were all devils.

[@sherlock1854]

This animation makes me wanna live the time

[@liasoto9216]

Que viva el Perú❤

[@ATOQ777]

The Incas and Chimu have nothing to do with peru, it's pre-peru.

[@sarcasmo57]

Thanks Ted.

[@IansaurusRex]

YAY I MISS THIS SERIES

[@brandonbohr.7301]

I love this video. Please more content about Pre-Colombian cultures. ❤

[@JihoShin-l2n]

I love history...

[@benjamincolon5486]

Or can you do a video about the Taino of Cuba and the Caribbean especially about a Taino village

[@samym1694]

Can you now make a vid about the Daily Life of a Germanic Warrior against Rome?

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks

[@laila_denise]

stunning video as always!! a video on the tondo conspiracy in the philippines would be cool hehe

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

"All warfare is based." Sun Tsu, the Art of War.

[@Peace_And_Love42]

Please, at some point in history videos, always mention the year or approximate year. I'm currently studying the end of the Incan empire, so knowing the time this took place would have been very helpful.

[@jamesrosewell9081]

Just subtract 100 years from the fall of the Inca empire

[@mera6555]

@@jamesrosewell9081 This would have been more like 30 years from the fall. The conquest of the Chimu was archived by Topa Yupanqui, but his father Pachacuti was the king at the time. However, the Chimu rebellion, well the last one that made Chan Chan desolated, happened during Wayna Qhapaq's reign, the son of Topa Yupanqui, and who was still king during the very first Spanish expedition of Peru, although Pizarro never met him since he very brieftly visited a couple of coastal places before returning to Spain to seek funds and people, and returning back when Atahualpa became the de facto leader after the sudden death of Wayna Qhapaq resulted in a civil war.

[@SafirHamduilah]

HI TED ED I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

nice video

[@vladsiminica2801]

Next Video: The Story of the first and last female ruler of Delhi Sultanate- Stephanie Honchell Smith , please ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Knowing is half the battle

[@nun-chan9433]

I feel this author is on the side of the conquered. If it'd be so. in the next sentence, 1:46. 'Before the conquest, Chan Chan was a trade hub'. I suppose It would be suited/appropriate to use the word 'defeat' instead of 'conquest'. In our indigenous language, also, these nuance cannot be ignored.

[@GoldenPantaloons]

I feel like it's kinda told from the perspective of Maxo, so of course he would see the defeat as a conquest.

[@sinistralreckoning]

Time to cool my rage at Future Karen of America with some riveting documentary content

[@taktsing4969]

yeah

[@SadoqatRozieva]

Thanks you very great video I advise watch to everyone 😄😄

[@kellenwong8233]

When I saw, "All warfare is based off of deception," I thought of Technoblade

[@luckrequired5382]

Jeez, I thought he said CostCo. We've all felt like we've been trapped in CostCo.

[@predatorwatch2064]

I am only commenting to boost the ratings of the video.

[@XOPOIIIO]

Dark legacy in Inca's colonialism still alive.

[@ShampootheSpider2019]

Just like Star Wars but before silver screens and all iconic films and old flims like footloose we know existed

[@nourshokr3291]

We used to have empires run by emperors, then we had kingdoms run by kings.. Now we have countries..

[@johnnyearp52]

Thankfully.

[@bbernal18_]

Nice

[@jovansingh2134]

my humble request- May you make video on Bhagat Singh. I will be very thankful.

[@theneekypodcast]

Fun fact the emperor from The Emperor’s New Groove is Incan

[@awesomehpt8938]

Oh look it’s the Dalai llama

[@maxandlily6074]

Tee hee

[@chrisrolland]

Hi

[@Zacmaster78]

If only the natives who allied with the Spanish knew what they planned to do

[@themaestro2572]

Strange, the thumbnail changed.

[@Thom-ic6zv]

Btw, why don't TED Ed has french version? I think it would be nicer if TED Ed has french version

[@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm]

Your animators made a mistake, the Inca didn't have writing or paper, it's interesting that a civilization achieved a lot without the development of writing, and that both Mesoamerica and the Inca were isolated, but if they had contact, there could have been a huge technological growth!.

[@Zacmaster78]

They actually had Khipu (or quipu) which were knotted strings that were meant to be read by the pattern and the number of strings and knots. And Mesoamericans had codexes

[@AnonymousAnonymous-dc3jm]

@@Zacmaster78 perhaps they did use strings, but the definition of writing is to be written on a surface, if it's paper, rock, sand..., and I know that Mesoamericans had writing, that's why I said that if they had contact, the Inca gets writing, Mesoamericans get advanced metalworking.

[@edeworabraham2761]

It werid to see an actual Sun Tzu quote

[@The_Fact4U]

wowwwwww!!!!!

[@scottabc72]

This is very interesting and well done but it would be nice to know what historical evidence the narrative is based on.

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

Ahh yes the good ol day of conspiring and overthrowing my local government...

[@tomasneel1980]

This is so awesome, I humbly admonish you to read the Book of Mormon , all this and much more is contained in it , and the account of there visit of ‘’ Vera cocha’’ Jesus Christ. Same with Aztecs, Hopi , maya etc…some proof for example , in the Bible old testament, Isaiah gave an account of the ‘’ sealed book’’ of the ppl of this world . Another example, in decades past archeologists didn’t think there was any European influence in ancient precolumbian America, this will blow your mind but technoctclan , aztalan, atlan, mazatlan are names of ancient Aztec cities with Greek names and words referring to Atlas, Atlantic, Atlantis. That’s what the Aztecs told the chronicles that the ppl before them came from the east from another land called atlan/atlantis

[@Dr.EvaldBorg]

How often do you think about Inca empire?

[@DLCS-2]

Yay never this early

[@ladel2o1a48]

💛💛💛

[@MrConna6]

A great video but a very misleading title

[@sawhtoo6778]

Just say they lost the rebellion.

[@nuralialidar6225]

Hmm

[@AnimealPlanet]

All was good and dandy for them. Until, the Spanish Christians spread their love in their region.

[@unwokism-f5f]

Then, after their first contact, they traded with each other with equality and compassion, led by the Christians as an example as they flourished each other for many years to come.

[@rm06c]

Thank goodness they ended the Incan child sacrifices! 🎉

[@HIFLY01]

Oh no. The white man came and toppled the oppressive empire that were the Inca. If only they never showed up. Think of all the other cities would have been burned down

[@XOPOIIIO]

@@rm06c Child sacrifices helped to delay the End of the World.

[@rm06c]

@@XOPOIIIO It only ensured the end of the Incan/Aztec world.

[@ahmedchakkour4950]

Did this video influence Hammas

[@davea6314]

Question: Where did the Incans go to sneeze? Answer: Achoo Picchu 😜 *Unfortunately, I can't put the citation link in without this comment getting deleted.

[@katherineknapp4370]

😮

[@TopFix]

Why is it okay when an Inca army comes in and takes over another civilisation and it's considered "just part of the way" - but when the Spanish arrive and do the same thing to the Inca, it's suddenly colonialism?

[@arizona101101]

Soft take

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

Colonialism just refers to the establishment of a colony of one nation on land, whether if it’s violent or not is up to historical events. As for the Incas, it can be considered colonialism, as well as they required the conquered people to assimilate and know Quechua.

[@camiomilla]

The difference is mostly in scale. You can't compare the domination by a regional power with the domination by a overseas power that conquered almost all of a foreign continent, leading to the ethnocide and genocide of thons of amerindian cultures. Both were brutal and should be regarded as such and not softened as "part of the way", but there is a huge difference in scale.

[@TopFix]

@@camiomilla Scale doesn't matter if one ethnicity is big enough to take out a whole other ethnicity. The result is the same. Either it's all colonialism and unacceptable violence or none of it is. But one is excused as "nature taking it's course" while the other is looked at as artificial. Cognitive bias.

[@卵卵-x6l]

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[@youssefaljorune2157]

ولك الوو

[@mukd8430]

Next week could you guys maybe make a ted Ed on the autistic brain?

[@AGJ117]

Chimu Empire: We couldn't defeat the Incas. Incan Empire: 😛 Spanish Empire: Ooh let us try. Christianity and guns helped us take down the Aztecs, so we can't lose! *Scratch* Incan Empire: 😨

[@davea6314]

Question: What are the best pens that are made in Peru? Answer: Inca pens 😜 * Unfortunately, I can't put the citation link in without this comment getting deleted.

[@mofaqdarkazoni]

the title of story is " the warfare based on the deception " but that is the one of most popular prophet Mohammad's Hadith... (قال صلى الله عليه وسلم :( الحرب خدعة

[@fabulosospucas]

🙄

[@Gabriella-vj9qx]

im 4th!

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

In the fourth.

[@ほんわかほい]

1st

[@BlackCappedChickadee]

No your not

[@auro1986]

what is conspiracy in taking king hostage only to give him a wife ?

[@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988]

The King become a puppet to their new ruler

[@XOPOIIIO]

He was controlled anyway, but the wife was for additional legitimization.

[@nicholasleopold3826]

What if the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire made an alliance and beat back the spanish

[@HIFLY01]

Honestly they still probably wouldn't have won. The Spanish army was less than 700 by the time the Aztec and Inca fell. If the Spanish really wanted to spend an army, they could have

[@Inkan1969]

They would've still needed vaccines....

[@dr.nosborn6330]

Couldn't. The travel distance would have been too enormous, the social syst of both empires harbored rebellious tribes and kingdoms ready to jump ship and the heavy work was done by smallpox & friends

[@jaimepujol5507]

They would have been better off if they hadn't fostered the hatred of the tribes and kingdoms they had conquered and subjugated. As all empires, they were built on violence and oppression, and that would eventually bring their downfall.

[@vash47]

​@@Inkan1969This. The diseases brought by Europeans took care of most of the genocide that followed. They didn't need to lift a finger

[@Ssspaceform]

OMG The Chimú wouldn’t have looked like that. Short hair? Are you showing messages and plans on paper? What? Check out the myriads of existing ancient and scientifically reconstructed Chimú representations.

[@ElChicoBush]

The prince was cute tho

[@mera6555]

@@ElChicoBush Idk about the Chimu but the Incas almost often had short hair, razor cut sometimes even, well the Hanan moiety did but they were the largest/most powerful anyways

[@rm06c]

I'm grateful the Spanish came and put an end to the barbarism of the Incas and the Aztecs. Viva los Conquistadores!

[@joaquinc168]

cuando le toque a tu civilización y cultura romperse en pedazos como vidrio ante el tiempo espero que veas que lo más bárbaro aquí es tu ignorancia

[@wishesandfishes]

Things famously got so much better for the peoples of South America under the Spanish

[@rm06c]

@@wishesandfishes Absolutely. Life spans increased, medicines discovered and introduced, child sacrifices were ended, prosperity abounded!

[@johnnyearp52]

Death from many diseases.

[@unbesodelaluna]

What are you talking about. With the spanish conquerors came pandemics that killed millions, came the encomiendas, then the corregidores, the mita, the obrajes, etc. It all resulted in millions and millions of dead, an actual genocide. The only people that prospered were the spanish elite in the americas and the royal families back in spain.

[@MohAmeDALArabY-cg6sr]

God loves you and takes care of you so that this message reaches you. God is the one who created this great universe and has complete control over it. And the greatest loss that a person loses in this life is that he lives while he does not know God who created him, knowing the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the messengers, and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. The great intelligence, before you believe in something or not, is to read it, study it, and understand it well, and then you have the choice to believe in it or not. I advise you on this now before you do not have time to do that.

[@danielthecake8617]

Hello from the LDS!

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

anything that hasnt clearly directly influenced the modern times we live in isnt gonna get attention because it doesnt serve much learning about it and time is limited and valuable especially since the last 500 or so years have almost exclusively been dominated by european powers and advancments in every field possible in contrast its the rest of the world that adapted to europe and europeans and not the other way around from clothing to building to food to health to medicine to art etc etc

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

Boring

[@RespawnM]

"fights in a failed rebellion where a city was destroyed in retaliation" oh yeah he lived happily ever after and died naturally okay ted okay

[@philsophkenny]

😮