How Powerful Was the Inca Empire?

[@Hannodb1961]

I always wonder why people make such a big deal about the Inca not having wheels. It's a mountainous empire, people! Look at the terrain, look at the steep slopes. Putting anything on something that rolls away, is probably not the best of ideas in this environment - especially not when you don't have the animals that can safely pull it.

[@therockmanxx]

Imaging a llama with a carriage moving up in the mountains Rofl

[@estebancabrera8625]

Hannodb1961 They actually did have wheels, but they used them for pottery. They simply didn’t use them for transportation because it would’ve been impossible with the mountainous terrain.

[@Hannodb1961]

@@estebancabrera8625 Exactly.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@estebancabrera8625 plus llamas aren't great draft animals so tying them to a wheeled cart wouldn't offer much of an advantage.

[@user-uf4lf2bp8t]

They make such a big deal to try to jutlstify "civilizing" the americas, when in reality they were civilized, just different.

[@biliminsrlar5752]

Incas: *Makes the greatest empire in Americas* Spanish:No one expects the smallpox inquisition!

[@rensodanieldelcastillovega4394]

A fact about potatoes. There are more than 3 thousands varieties of potatoes in Peru

[@biliminsrlar5752]

It originated from there so it makes sense it got diverse more.

[@benas_st]

Am I going to move to Peru now?

[@themorebike880]

As an irishman that turns me on

[@cam_sus]

tira tu gaaaaaaaaa

[@therockmanxx]

I wouldn't recommend eating wild potatoes because they are poisonous

[@tysonplett3328]

As someone from Winnipeg, I love that you used Winnipeg as a reference city. That never happens lol.

[@hyraemous]

What's a Winnipeg?

[@Noname2004kurdish]

Shithole city

[@heheguy0923]

@@hyraemous city in Manitoba

[@OsamaMoloy]

I understand

[@gefitrop3496]

The only context I remember winnipeg in is the gimli glider

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Don’t throw off the emperor’s groove, just saying

[@brandonvistan7444]

It doesn't matter, he has a new groove.

[@MapTes]

*its all comming together*

[@yurusan721]

I'd assume Baltic and Irish people must love their potatoes.

[@benas_st]

Affirmative. Source: Am Lithuanian and also have seen Danes love their potatoes too

[@themorebike880]

Oh definitely Source: Irish

[@kmit9191]

don't forget Germans

[@celdur4635]

There could be a massive tourism opportunity, Peru has over 4000 types of potatoes, some purple, some black, some pink, some huge some small, etc. Very different tastes. Maybe it should be exploited to bring some Baltic Sea countries people to do some traveling here.

[@gamermapper]

And Belarusian

[@bathamsteryt]

The Inca : Praise the Sun Spain : shut up about the sun

[@youwanagethi]

Shut up about the sun!!!

[@Nachouni88]

Spain : Praise the Son The Inca : shut up about the son

[@bathamsteryt]

@@Nachouni88 I get it

[@Cjnw]

Sol Hu-Akbar‼️

[@31ll087]

Damn you sun!!

[@nicolae_stefan]

It's crazy that Machu Pitchu was discovered so late

[@KhAnubis]

What's (in my opinion) even crazier is that it had been known about the whole time, just not by the Spanish, hence how it got preserved.

[@dubdubs389]

From what I understand locals always knew about Machu Picchu they just never shares it with the world.

[@gaymoder]

@@dubdubs389 Local Amerindian Cuzco residents were known for sharing a stories and myths about the ancient Inca Empire before Macchu Picchu was discovered, they used to tell a story about an ancient city that was yet to be discovered, most peruvians at the times thought that was only a legend but it turned out to be true, now that's impresive. Also, if you rotate your head 90° clockwise while looking at those three famous mountaines at Macchu Picchu, you're supposed to the Atahualpa's face, the Inca who ordered Macchu Picchu to be build.

[@connormurphy683]

New cities and civilizations are still being "discovered" today in the Americas. Colonization really did a number

[@zimriel]

@@gaymoder yes, I think the Peruvians were like the Mexicans, they understood that they were in a fourth or fifth "sun" and that previous civilisations existed before them.

[@matheustrocolokobr]

The power of this empire was so great and known even indigenous tribes in southern Brazilian states held some tools made in silver by the inca people. And this was the first time some European found out which there were a great empire climbing the Andes chains of mountains.

[@512TheWolf512]

the potato saved the russian empire from certain starvation, at the time

[@zulthyr1852]

"Manco" Japan: *t r i g g e r e d*

[@abbygaby9210]

exactly the reason why Disney ended up naming their inca emperor Kuzco, instead

[@biliminsrlar5752]

@@abbygaby9210 Inca Empire came from Cuzco Kingdom so his name probably comes from that.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

I don't get.

[@TobuscusGameing]

Opiniones de JACC's Opinions Manco means pussy

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@TobuscusGameing Really?😅

[@macuare]

the most underrated empire

[@connormurphy683]

If they hadn't been wiped out right at that moment I think there's a good chance the Incas would have also conquered most of modern day Colombia and a small part of Venezuela. It's mostly the same climate type and was home to several advanced civilizations that would have been really nice to conquer such as the Musicas and the Timoto-Cuicas.

[@celdur4635]

We have records of what happened, as soon as they got to southern Colombia most Inca advisors didn't want to move forward, the Emperor pushed forward anyways and confirmed what he was told, quote "this people are too poor and unorganized, we are going to have to teach them to do everything from scratch and spend many years doing so and transport many settlers to do so" "and its worse the further north you go" This is what the spies told the Inca, and this is why they didn't advanced further north or to what is today the Pampa region in Argentina and Uruguay.

[@connormurphy683]

@@celdur4635 Where did you find that quote? That makes sense actually, I think the Colombian natives were more disorganized than I did 2 years ago.

[@celdur4635]

@@connormurphy683 Its in one of the chronicles. In the last couple of years i've come to discover we know FAR more about the Inca than i thought. I'm sure you can find it with a bit of research.

[@connormurphy683]

@@celdur4635 We do know a lot about the Inca as well as the Mexican civilizations. Despite the talk about a limited philology, which is true, it's a lot more extensive than many other regions of the world.

[@back9404]

@@connormurphy683 The point is that the Incas had no intention of advancing further north. After Huayna Capac conquered the "Pastos" (culture in present-day Colombia), they also conquered the "Quillacinga" and despite the fact that they were under Inca rule for a while, Huayna Capac decided to abandon them because, according to him, they were a town too uncivilized for the standards of the region at that time. In fact, according to Pedro Cieza de León, the "pasto" did not even know cattle rising, so they presented losses for the empire, the Incas were forced to educate them on these issues. In a last attempt with the region, the Incas sent informants further north, but these explorers reported that they had only detected extremely poor people, who practiced cannibalism. It is the same reason why they had no intention of conquering the current territory of Paraguay. Sarmiento de Gamboa described the tribes that inhabited that place (chiriguanaes), as a nation of mountain people, who went naked and openly practiced cannibalism. Something that clearly would not be useful to the empire. Probably the same happened with the south of the empire.

[@rowan1924]

I just found this channel and this is literally a subject i've wanted to know about for so so long

[@Phrenotopia]

The Inca are so impressive! A damn shame their grand civilization has all but disappeared.

[@Phrenotopia]

Excellent video!!! Very interesting!

[@ascanioscarpati8538]

@Netherlands Cassava Or the smallpox

[@therockmanxx]

First smallpox, then civil war (the Inca and his son died) and then Spanish with half of the empire that didn't like to be ruled by incas

[@ascanioscarpati8538]

@@therockmanxx What do you mean by the Inca and his son?

[@sumlatinkid]

@@ascanioscarpati8538 he means that the disease killed most of the native population including the king and his eldest son Ninan Cuyochi, the next in line to the throne...that left the empire without a king and a legitimate successor.....but the kings 2 other younger sons huascar and atahualpa survived and could not decide who would rule next......thats how the civil war started...the Spanish supported one side against the other, with the natives providing body guards and even so far as offering a princess as marriage for political and military alliance.....when victory was achieved the Spanish then betrayed their native allies. nova documentary "the great inca rebellion"

[@Zenturio331]

Change the Title to "How the Inka Empire was founded" that actually would fit your video.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

That's not how its spelt in English.

[@Zenturio331]

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions Glad your criticism is that I slip into my mother language and its grammar sometimes

[@yegors8959]

That's not how it's spelled in English*. Don't be an ass about it if you don't know how to write yourself.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@Zenturio331 Is your mother tongue Quechua? Is that what you want me to understand here? Because that would be cool.

[@Zenturio331]

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions sadly no. It is German.

[@kaank5921]

I am going to Re”INCA”rnate the INCA Empire... Ps: Pls don’t kill me for this sorry for the horrible pun Lol

[@aarspar]

*Francisco Pizarro wants to know your location

[@evvec1490]

@@aarspar lol

[@biliminsrlar5752]

Nah it's a good joke.

[@franchufranchu119]

There are a few Spanish puns with "Inca"

[@WombatSteve]

You only have 73 thousand subscribers? This is quality content, you don't just deserve, but will get more recognisition!

[@tahunuva4254]

It's a weal shame these guys didn't have the tech to make films in those days. I'd love to see some Tawantin-o movies. I would also like to formally apologise, to all Inca, people with lisps, and Tarantino, for that pun.

[@dawnlandspodcast8217]

Reservoir Llamas

[@dawnlandspodcast8217]

Tupac Unchained

[@dawnlandspodcast8217]

Pampa Fiction

[@dawnlandspodcast8217]

I'm sorry

[@tahunuva4254]

@@dawnlandspodcast8217 You are forgiven. ... One upon a time in Cusco

[@scintillam_dei]

I'm doing a realistic and massive map of America for Age of Empires 2 HD for a war between the Aztecs and Incas, and to recreate the Spanish Empire (for the map also includes the Philippines and more). I'm almost done with Canada.

[@bruhnisher5454]

Egypt🎶 China🎶 Indus river valley civilization...🎶 Civilization count: 5? Norte Chico🎶

[@argestmollaymeri5064]

the Inca empire fell because of Smallpox not because they were not technologically advanced or that they didn't have a strong army. they just weren't immune and familiar with the disease.

[@muscledavis5434]

The tips of the spears were made out of stone... Of course the disease was the main reason for their fall, but still they wouldn't survive long in an open war with their stone age techniques.

[@juanpedro1217]

@@muscledavis5434 as opposed to the european highly advanced guns that they could only fire once and took 1 hour to reload if it didn't jam?

[@CEKROM]

1:00 I like the Minecraft reference =D

[@milekrizman]

7:48 quinoa was initially banned by Spaniards. It was only rediscovered in late 20 century

[@eggy543]

I witnessed the entire video in premiere. I never done this before. I'm impressed! :D

[@Itsaxelia]

Oh hello fellow singaporean!

[@RostislavLapshin]

“The Inca Empire is a fiction, a myth, it never existed”, see explanation in the article: “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. KZbin does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

[@RostislavLapshin]

The 10th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v10) is posted. Search the article by DOI or by title.

[@earthboundman5769]

😂

[@EarthChampion_TophBeifong]

Thank you incas, we have the ultimate cinema snack now, plus most of the agrarian economy of the US based on corn too!

[@seamuspink9098]

Spanish: *SNEEZES* Incas: Guess I'll die

[@ANTSEMUT1]

More like scratches a weird rash.

[@rozita9996]

I love peru n i wish i see machu picchu👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339]

The Incan Empire: **have a large amounts of Gold** Francisco Pizarro: “Give me the gold.”

[@elielbrowne6424]

This video is so cool

[@calebweldon8102]

So it’s possible the inka empire had as many people as modern Canada. That’s amazing for the time

[@Mauagiz]

In fact there are two stories abt the creation of the Inca empire. The other one is only abt Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, they came out of lake Titicaca (between Peru and Boliva) and from there they walk to Cuzco

[@comradeedwin1006]

Love your videos keep the great work up!

[@prometheus7387]

Great video!

[@hanuchopra7768]

Amazing video khanubis, impressive but, why do use Minecraft in your videos?

[@KhAnubis]

Because... I like Minecraft...

[@kaank5921]

KhAnubis Lol I have been playing it since 2010

[@Rabid_Nationalist]

@@kaank5921 me too

[@hanuchopra7768]

@@KhAnubis okay but I am asking that you use it for fun in your video or just you exhausted by doing all this work and you want Minecraft for ease instead of your own made things

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I drink from their skull! Do the Pachacuti! Pull out their teeth whole. Do the Pachacuti! Turn teeth into charms. Do the Pachacuti! Make flutes of their arms! PACHACUTI

[@GeographyWorld]

Thank you Incas for giving the Irish the potato.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

Well it was through the Spaniards that it got to Europe in the first place.

[@cam_sus]

no prob bro 😎👌

[@angelmena7396]

Opiniones de JACC's Opinions bullshit

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@angelmena7396 How so?

[@elinikolai7493]

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions But it was the Incas ancestors who domesticated it for it to exist in the 1st place. So yeah....

[@missk1697]

That feel when ancient empire was more socialist than the USSR

[@ATOQ777]

It's a unique Empire because money was non existant, nor loans nor interest, etc.

[@masonpyle5929]

Cuzco wow that city obviously had groove.

[@marcjackson1565]

Honest mistake made at 6:52. Atahualpa defeated his half-brother in May, 1532 not 1432. Love potatoes and maize.

[@bummerdrummer1649]

Oh yeah it’s writing with some strings and drowning in gold time

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

Thank you so mutch for making this

[@nicholasrevill6610]

What a great video 👍

[@Numba003]

The Inca were a fascinating bunch. I’m always down for learning more about them! Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

[@ginater9202]

3:21 funniest crap I’ve seen as well, I’m glad the Inca were able to see it

[@CEKROM]

3:20 Good Meme =D

[@모세스-n6o]

This music is fucking sick.

[@MythologywithMike]

I had no idea that Machu Pichu was ignored for that long! It's probably for the best that it was ignored though. What a save! Also, minecraft references and 3:20 ? I see you're a man of culture as well!

[@NotFM]

Love ur video

[@Onserio.]

Fun fact: “Inca” in the Bantu language Ekegusii means home. Pronounced Inkca

[@macarde10]

That’s just amazing. You know what would be great, providing the publication, author and date of where you found that info. That way we could all read it.

[@gaymoder]

I'm feeling quite proud rn

[@ender3960]

I love how you sneak the Minecraft items in every video!

[@NotFM]

Can you talk Mayans in the north?

[@AhmadMustaqimMuhammad]

Quechua: Càpac, Qhapaq (King, emperor, lord, ruler) Malay: Kapak (Ax, Axe) The same pronunciation but different meaning. But every Sapa Inca in Inca Empire or Kingdom of Cusco always holding an "Kapak" (ax in English) in his right hand, Irony right?

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

That's not irony, that's serendipity. It wouldn't be the first time where two completely different languages have similar sounding words irrelevant of meaning.

[@AhmadMustaqimMuhammad]

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions I told you earlier again, the irony is that I am talking about is Sapa Inca holding an ax in his right hand, the irony for axe rarely used as a tool of royal in a time that is always a sword or dagger (Europe & Asia), and the axe in the Inca Empire forged use gold, they use it as a weapon but in Europe, Asia and Africa gold used as currency, a European invade and destroy the empire inca for gold (for the incas gold is worthless), that is what i am talking about the irony. "THE SAME PRONUNCIATION BUT DIFFERENT MEANING", Plural. I explained usage "Kapak,Càpac" to declare the use of the word that means a lot, I am not a serendipity, I am not even desperate or overproud about my language, because the language is rich interlacing each other, like Malay proverb : Katak dibawah tempurung, Alim bagai katak ditepi air, Sigai dua segeragai.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@AhmadMustaqimMuhammad Serendipity just means coincidence, come down.

[@williamvaux7500]

Watch the ted ed video about this. The animation is beautiful

[@elielbrowne6424]

Wow and such a wide spread empire

[@aninditasakti]

Tawatine Quartetsimo...

[@KhAnubis]

Anindita Saktiaji - Almost got it

[@eazyemco]

Can't wait!

[@hueytlahtoani1304]

Thank you to don't let the history of Tahuantinsuyu dies!

[@granddukethedan7029]

"Imagine being able to speak about a video which you're gonna upload tomorrow." -Archaia Istoria

[@nziom]

it's seems like old empire royal familys don't have family trees they have family circles

[@trueslav92387realnofake]

I like the totem of undying from minecraft

[@Elsuper68]

Pachacuted the one turns space and time..

[@kekero540]

Quipu are just the Inca saying “we could invent writing, but we won’t”

[@scottiusnevious5143]

There was so much i could have mention but didnt have time to... I watch 3 hour documentaries of these people, you could tell us a little more.

[@sanzhsn]

Perfect timing

[@Blue.Jay_]

The totem of undying tho-

[@Heghine-w9c]

KhAnubis:says Cusco Me:K-U-Z-C-O KUZCO KUZCO GO GO!!

[@BuildingCenter]

Great video.

[@Vuosta]

IIRC we still don't understand how Machu picchu was built, that is mind blowing.

[@theMOCmaster]

yay potato

[@gintasasd]

Hmmmmm we all know how we baltic people love POTATOS we lithuainis are fans of POTATOS

[@dubdubs389]

In Peru we have more than a thousand varieties of potatoes including purple potatoes

[@gintasasd]

@@dubdubs389 😂😂 yeah i know lol i eat some of them but o still like basic potatos

[@zjzr08]

@@dubdubs389 Does Lays make signature potato chips like how Kit Kat has matcha flavor in Japan?

[@dubdubs389]

@@zjzr08 Every now and then they release a bizarre flavor, like Rotisserie Chicken.

[@gintasasd]

@Default Profile Picture maybe maybe

[@dubdubs389]

Nit pick the animals in 5:55 aren't llamas, they are vicuñas.

[@elielbrowne6424]

And a good spy network.

[@mu3877]

I just have one question How we know any of this? What’s the sources? They didn’t have any written language and they got destroyed by the spanish so the only thing way I could think of is after the destruction of the incas the spanish wrote highly unreliable account of oral traditions from some of the inca nobleties that didn’t have a good teaching nor a good account of the oral tradition it self wich mean we don’t have a good account or a reliable history of this civilization

[@nadie516]

Basically what you said, the cronistas interviewed locals the years after the conquest and the tales were registered as well in early 20th century by anthropologues as some towns and locations weren't conquested that much (as saying, they weren't spanish-ed nor peruvianized, so the old traditions kept alive)

[@eltecnico9541]

In reality they only recorded their history by voice, their origins were doubtful, however they did several genetic studies confirming that the legend of their origins was true

[@eltecnico9541]

The Inca culture survived or rather its remains, the people of Cusco to this day retain their native essence that is very different from the Spanish

[@aguyfromflorida4842]

nice

[@Monkeymeep]

Latin America was really where it was at when it came to native American empires. Incas, Aztecs, whoever made the Nazca lines.

[@nadie516]

Even tho there are no records of their name, the common way to call the lines-drawers culture is "nazcas"

[@ATOQ777]

There's nothing Latin about it, it's Andean

[@joanna_luzr]

oh my Minecraft items, best social studies assignment ever

[@shukracharya_]

One video about Harappa Civilization

[@baileyin24]

Who you think started fries before the french

[@Astupid13NAme]

Fun fact, Tupac's mom got his name from an 18th century Peruvian revolutionary

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

Yes, _José Gabriel Túpac Amaru_ commonly called Tupac II, since I guess he was named after the last _Sapan Inka._ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II But Tupac Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks, however at one year of age he was renamed. His parents formed part of the Black Panther party, they were one of the African-American groups that started that whole "renaming" thing that many African-Americans did during the era and some continue to this day as they see their birth name as their "enslave" name mostly because emancipated slaves took their former master's surname. Whatever prompt the name change he has a pretty interesting name.

[@cam_sus]

mucho muy poderoso 😎👊

[@R1IY2N]

1:01 lol

[@benas_st]

Hell yes! Potatoes!

[@NotFM]

Hello

[@gamerfox2654]

Papa Yukon? Wait u said they ain't have language THERE HAVE IT also is my papa Yukon?

[@nikolamilosevski6424]

For all uneducated people, the Americas simply means America. The American continent.

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

I wonder why the Incas never went east all the way to Brazil.The Amazon is tough to transverse but the Cerrado near Bolivia is just Savannah,and the native Tupi populations wouldn't show a much as a resistance to the Incas,since they weren't organized into a kingdom of any sorts.If they had colonized the Cerrado Region,only smallpox could defeat them,since the Portuguese took a lot of time to go there and only with recent Brazilian intervention the region became more populated.

[@oblivioncondor7368]

Sistine Fibel , what di you mean, incas were very orgniazd and can carry armies up to 200,000. They can spread out,

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

@Xiuh But why they didn't went to the Cerrado? If the Incas could cross Bolivia, considering most of Bolivia is mountainous region like East Peru, they would reach the region of Mato Grosso which is way easier to cross than the amazon rainforest

[@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person]

@@oblivioncondor7368 I said the Tupi weren't organized, at least not into large groups.

[@gilberttello08]

✋✋ Philippines

[@warlordaguszto5326]

Can you do about Hungary ples

[@chandakumari952]

Is Inca culture n religion alive?

[@miguelhuaman8280]

Kinda. Around 10 million people speak quechua and about 2 million aymara, those were the two most spoken languages in the Empire, many Peruvians and south americans, specially young ones, feel proud of their heritage, tourism and art around the Incas are very popular, but still many people are racists towards anything related to native civilization, many traditions and festivities like the Inti Raymi are still popular but the catholic church is by far the most important religion in latin america, everybody knows that the god of the Inca was the Sun or "Inti" and that Mother earth or "Pachamama" was the godess of the land but few actually believe in it. It a similar situation to most post-colonial nations.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

yes

[@teresafernandez9849]

@@miguelhuaman8280 Same in the South West in USA, (the land USA stole from Mexico) The Native tribes and the Mexican ppl r the ones that bring in billions of dollars to the South West. The tourists love Native and Mexican art, music, traditions, our dances, Native art is copied and sold, but the Natives r the best at their own art. The tourists love Mariachi and Mexican food! The Natives, and Méxicans, (who r 50 percent Native or more,) have been moving the money in South West, since the first white Texans would buy animal furs and skins from the expert, the Natives. We know exactly how it is! USA seems to like a lot of our stuff, but they don't really like us! Sorry to hear this is also reflected in peru for Peru's Native ppl. Lots Peruvianos in USA, my friend, who is Peruvian, took me to a Peruvian restaurant, had fish and potatoes Peruvian style, OMG! delicious! Took my mom and sis, it's one of favorite restaurants!

[@dennisengelen2517]

1:00 "Planting his golden staff in the fertile lands and chasing off the locals who already inhabited the lands.". Ohh the irony, karma did its work.

[@P0tato6132]

still waiting for why isn't Australia part of Germany

[@PolyPumpkin]

Hii Kh

[@carrot5219]

You sound like daily does of internet

[@KhAnubis]

I've gotten that before and I totally hear it

[@siobhanboland2229]

and 1 leader

[@baileyin24]

We started relays and the other descendants are in america

[@Rabid_Nationalist]

Hi

[@gabrielzak.7942]

Not enough