The Inca Empire - Life of a Dead Emperor - Extra History - Part 3

[@extrahistory]

Do you think you would adapt well to life in everyday Inca society, or.... nah? bit.ly/EHPatreon

[@maxf8805]

Extra Credits this makes me want to visit Cusco

[@entarochrist3927]

This is a great video, but... WHEN WILL YOU FINISH THE THREE KINGDOMS SERIES?!!!!!!!! PLEASE FINISH THAT BEFORE YOU CAN CONTINUE OTHER SERIES!!!! Extra Credits has gone on a hiatus like Kentaro Miura.

[@al-hakimbi-amrallah5404]

Yay South American socialism....that's gotta go great!

[@pachacutiyupanqui9546]

Ye

[@darkraven5106]

Extra Credits no

[@Mathmachine]

Those dead dudes have better social lives than I do as a living person.

[@drakan4769]

Probably has someone to do that "in his behalf" as well (I mean, considering he even had a designated pisser)

[@robertwalpole360]

The dead have all the time in the world to socialize. I mean, look at me. I've been dead for centuries and I still socialize. ;)

[@u.m.rcentral868]

@@robertwalpole360 :(

[@mrgopnik5964]

@@drakan4769 having sex on behalf of a dead emperor? Sounds like the best job in the Inca empire so far

[@whayes8084]

DISRESPECT THEM WOMEN SUBJUGATE THOSE HOS. He doesn’t either

[@Lisa-jo3jm]

I literally just learned something that happened to the Inca’s in history class a few days ago.

[@Blueey32]

Is it just a coincidence this came out so close to Greed Fall?

[@ryanjapan3113]

8:58 that ship...

[@cullenmitchell737]

I was wondering when we’d meet the conquistadors.

[@ArkadiBolschek]

Would you say you were... expecting them?

[@beggar1015]

It's a dead man's party. Who could ask for more?

[@miketacos9034]

"So what do you do for a living?" "I urinate on behalf of our mummy king, long may he reign."

[@justinian-the-great]

"Sometimes I poop for him, too."

[@miguelangel-ig1gm]

I'm from Cusco and i have seen people spill beer on the ground and say "for the pacha mama"(mother earth) those traditions still live to this day

[@chiklachikla7641]

Dude that sure sound intressting and awsome

[@ANTICENA571]

"Her father volunteered her for a great honour..." Me: Oh, neat "...To be sacrificed" Me: Uhhhh

[@PhoenixStriker1]

Tom Baxendale I was like, “She’s either in an arranged marriage or being sacrificed.” Turns out she was both.

[@abcdef27669]

No joke, I cried on that part.

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

It's a bit like if someone in our society performed a heroic sacrifice and literally became a guardian angel to watch over others. They were going to serve the Gods, so it was seen as a great honor.

[@jonnunn4196]

It seems that the Incan gods wanted them with some experience.

[@starsky-nq3mo]

No u.

[@Fullychargedevil]

"A man urinates on his behalf" ok

[@q345ify]

what you don't have someone for that?

[@caseygray2328]

it is one interesting position Urinating Man: you will never guess what job i have Random Family member: are you a royal guard? Urinating Man: no, i piss for the departed emperor

[@lapeez2277]

personally thought he said "a man urinates on his back" lmaooo

[@sitdownlad7918]

@@lapeez2277 Cause the emperor was cold👍

[@cometmoon4485]

How does one apply for the position of: 'Royal Court Urinater'?

[@juanmam.2113]

Additional info for anyone in interest: In the center of Quito, like in Cusco, you can find odd architecture where the foundations are made out of ancient stones, and the building itself made from colonial bricks. Although, these foundations are not inca like in Cusco, they are Cañari, a tribe from southern Ecuador relocated due to inca expansionism. Those stones are an ancient fortress and here the Cañari, along with other allied tribes, made their last stand against the Incas. Glad you mentioned the valley of hundreds of millenial civilizations. The valley named after the Quitus. Greetings from Quito EH!

[@abcdef27669]

The Kañari were one of the most agressive spanish allies on the Andes, they were really resentful of the Inca domain.

[@alecity4877]

yes, the incans were just like the spaniards, tho they didn't spread as much death because the inca didn't have too foreign diseases. There's always a bigger fish...

[@cometmoon4485]

@@alecity4877 ...Did you just quote the phantom menace?

[@alecity4877]

@@cometmoon4485 yes

[@oliverf.68]

Good information thank you

[@JohnnyElRed]

"González, I don't think it wise for you to walk out of the ship and among the Indians while you remain sick." "Bah. Relax. What's the worse that could happen?"

[@DragoniteSpam]

"No, trust me, I have a plan." (Typing that hurt.)

[@williamhowe1]

@@DragoniteSpam Just like Bismarck.

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

Later when syphilis is discovered in Europe: *Goddamn you, Gonzalez!!!*

[@willowarkan2263]

@@ОлегКозлов-ю9т is it not unclear if it came from the americas?

[@robertwalpole360]

Hey . . . did anyone see González's blanket? It's missing.

[@rohitbhavsar1464]

"His primary wife, who also happens to be his real or half sister" *Sweet home Alabama intensifies*

[@malcomalexander9437]

Habsburgs intensifies.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Just glosses over the incest, I suppose in this context it's one of the less strange social norms this society appears to have had.

[@corabranch266]

One word: Ptolemies.

[@angusyang5917]

@@corabranch266 aka most Egyptian pharaohs.

[@oliverf.68]

@@corabranch266 Hahahaha clever

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Dividing llama herds? Isn't that a lot of drama for the llama

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

Sacrifices must be made

[@tilerloh892]

Why do I see you everywhere ?

[@Thebombboom]

Sounds like a llama drama o'rama to me

[@PalmelaHanderson]

only drama for the mama of the llama in this diorama

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

Stay calmer, when you want to harm a llama, call a llama farmer!

[@darkraven5106]

They saw pale men, and then they started turning pale.

[@micajango4177]

Big oof

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

Not really but sure

[@falnica]

Every other civilization: Money can be exchanged for goods and services Incas: Mummies can have private property but peasants can't

[@pachacutiyupanqui9546]

I don't see anything wrong with this.

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

Um well that's a lie

[@falnica]

@@pachacutiyupanqui9546 I do, it was communism for the masses but capitalism for the rich. Doesn't sound very fair, even if they made it work

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Peasants ARE private property. Property cant have property, only persons of full legal status can. You are only an actual person if you are born into a royal family, and you get full legal status when you die. There. Same rules as everywhere else, not so difficult, is it?

[@stevecooper7883]

I mean, you complain about this, but what about the barbaric practice of human sacrifice?

[@Joust149]

"And with such small things do empires fall" is a really great quote.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

That beginning reminds me of the "I see dead people" scene in The Sixth Sense.

[@dimaignatiev6370]

Here , you can actually see dead people....

[@mrreyes5004]

Lmao imagine if that kid from the movie went to Incan palace ruins and just saw Pachacuti and all the other Incan rulers having a huge party.

[@dorkfish1275]

Long live the inc- Spanish conquistadors: I'm gonna stop you right there.

[@Thebombboom]

Incas: why are we all dying!!!!???? Random Dude: Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!!

[@Toonrick12]

@@Thebombboom That and the Flu.

[@alecity4877]

@@Thebombboom well, the inquisition wasn't present in the americas, only iberia (I know, monty pyton joke)

[@Thebombboom]

@@alecity4877 do you just hate fun?

[@alecity4877]

@@Thebombboom sorry, I liked the joke and the gag and the meme, but I grew to not like at all its use on every spain related thing. @Sinogard Nunitsuj made me chucle I'm gonna be honest.

[@pachacutiyupanqui9546]

Roses are red All the Inca Sorrow Becouse Tahuantinsuyu is about to be taken over by Fransisco Pizarro.

[@shambosaha9727]

Such a grand poem man

[@yuriyu123]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@pablojn4826]

@@yuriyu123 Something Curious, the spaniards never imposed the Inquisition to the Indigenous people or "Naturales" in the Colonies, only to the Peninsulars and "Criollos" (Whites born in America, not the country I mean the Spanish colonies...)

[@Solqueen86]

Imagine an Inca metal rock band and their front cover is these two mummified kings having a Dinner Party of the Dead 💀

[@piramoore6307]

Solqueen86 listen to Chaska or Kranium my friend. That’s, I believe, what you mean. It’s Andean Folk Metal

[@SMiki55]

Imagine a metal Incan band actually having mummies at the stage with alive members

[@sergiosaezdiaz8842]

There is also Uchpa, a quechua blues band

[@gaydes1012]

"dinner party for the dead" could be a cool band or album name

[@thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529]

@Cross Van Dust Stand name: | | *Dinner Party of the Dead* | | Stand abilities: Once a target becomes unconscious the user is able to manipulate his body as if it was his own, however the user themselves are possessed by the affected individual, thinking it's a dream

[@Docwilson91]

Sounds like a punk album name

[@dylanchouinard6141]

uwu uwu Incan Man: starts getting red spots and a fever Other Incans: Is this the work of an enemy stand?

[@gaydes1012]

@@dylanchouinard6141 I'm gonna go to your house and steal your refrigerator if you ever post one of these again

[@dylanchouinard6141]

timeroller don’t threaten me with a good time

[@siddhantraiviksit2706]

When a decade old corpse has a more active social life than you

[@DDlambchop43]

hell, a potted plant has a more active social life than me.

[@Pikazilla]

0:15 everybody poops NO EXCEPTIONS

[@malcomalexander9437]

And if they don't, they're an android, and should be destroyed.

[@DustWolphy]

@@malcomalexander9437 I don't know my android (phone) craps out a lot.

[@pvtpain66k]

"They don't fear death" *insert smallpox*

[@_NeoImperia_]

Incan: I dont fear you! Smallpox: *Then you well die braver than most*

[@ZaidValRoa]

See, they don't fear death. Dying is the problem.

[@oddish2253]

Lord Kroak is still the best psyker even though he's been dead for thousands of years.

[@dr.nosborn6330]

His mummy still lives in El Dorado

[@kglguy]

Magic user, not psyker.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

꧂Oddish꧂ Can confirm, just revived him to murder Clan Skryer

[@GustafMedF]

I think it's really cool and important that you show us these kinds of things. Many history videos on youtube are basicly just about wars and stuff and give little to no insight on how how life was in that place and time.

[@juanmam.2113]

Fun fact here. In south american ancient history the daily lives of the people was very well known and documented. Wars, conflicts, treaties, and other stuff isnt documented at all besides from a couple of oral sources that survived time. This is due to the fact that the history of these tribes is not written, but rather depicted on the work of the artisans, bones of the societes, and the ruins that are still standing Source: My anthrophology aunt specialized in preincan societies

[@walsh9080]

A massive over generalisation here but I'd say that's a man thing. I studied history at university, which had a decent gender split. If I had to guess, I would say it was 60/40 male to female split. Military history modules were dominated by male students, which makes sense, women aren't going to be featured half as much in military history. I bet a lot of these KZbinrs you're referring to are men.

[@Bluecho4]

Now I'm imagining a fantasy version of the Inca empire in DnD, where dead rulers are turned into undead mummies, so their wisdom can be tapped and their affairs managed into perpetuity. (Yes, I know there's something like this in Eberron. Calm down.)

[@shawnheatherly]

Man, can't even get out of going to the party when you're dead. That's rough.

[@Alaryk111]

Spaniards be like " I have a power of God and Germs you can't defeat me!"

[@sodinc]

power of one specific god - Nurgle

[@TuWear]

Bad hygiene for the win!

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

"Guns, germs, and steel."

[@abcdef27669]

New World natives: “Oh, really? We have siphilis!” Spain: “I expected the Inquisition, but not that!”

[@cquiroz7874]

@@sodinc So Pizarro was a Chaos Cultist? No wonder Peru is such a mess these days.

[@N3WR3N41554NC3]

Nice to see Quito being mentioned and having an important role in a series here after having been raised there ^^ keep up the good work!

[@SaiyanHeretic]

It's a dead man's party Who could ask for more? Everybody's comin'; leave your body at the door Leave your body and soul at the door...

[@aLukepop]

Don't be afraid, it's only me!

[@jayamoore4733]

EC Narrator: Pale men- Me: Well that's not good EC Narrator: they had brought sickness with them Me: Welp that's it folks

[@MarcMagma]

The moment this episode started and everything was nice and quiet, I asked: "Okay. When is the plot twist coming?"

[@chiklachikla7641]

Lol

[@jesso.4971]

An object could travel from Quito to Cusco over 1000 miles in just 3 days! Incas founders of Amazon Prime Shipping confirmed.

[@maxf8805]

This series really wants to make me visit Cusco

[@juanmam.2113]

If you like the incas and their history, you will absolutely love learning about other south american societies. If you ask me, I recommend you visiting Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile (aside from Chile, its really not expensive to visit these countries). The ancient history of these nations are fascinating and visiting these countries and their native population are a blessing!

[@frick_____you]

Get ready to be out of breath very quickly.

[@dr.nosborn6330]

If you go, buy your ticket to machu picchu before, the entries have been limited and the turist pass in Cusco, to avoid paying extra fees :D

[@hypergraphic]

Peru has such a diverse climate. When I visited there I went from Lima in the coast to Huancayo in the mountains to Tingo Maria at the beginning of the jugle. Everywhere is worth seeing and the people are very friendly!

[@MrAlexkyra]

I would definitely recommend it. I spent over a month in Cuzco, from there you can walk on the 4-day Inca trail to Machu Picchu, you can see nearby Inca sites like Saqsaywaman, the Moray terraces. You can go hiking through the Sacred Valley and see traditional Andean villages, you can make trips to Nazca, Lake Titicaca or the Amazon. The whole region is fascinating, you should see Bolivia and Ecuador as well. Just give yourself a few days to acclimitize before you go hiking, and drink the coca leaf tea.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

9:19 "Some kind of pox. And with such _small_ things do empires fall."

[@sonoftanavast8916]

Hah, nice. *proceeds to die*

[@dragontamer8871]

I doubt that this will even be read, but I'm going to try anyway. Have you ever thought about doing a series on Admiral Thomas Cochrane? He's relatively unknown despite being called one of Britain's best naval heroes. He also led quite the controversial life, which I'm sure would be interesting to read about.

[@deflatedball4330]

Incan conquerors: We just gonna take dem llamas real quick. Local: And you're leaving me with this much?? Incan conquerors: Yes, but you get a share. Local: THEY WERE ALREADY MINE! Incan conquerors: Yes, BuT yOu GeT a ShaRe!!!

[@arsenelupin123]

You know, I'm pretty sure she was afraid anyway.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

i guess dead emperors talking to each other are actually their descendant attendant factions communicating and advise is probably laid out by the interpretor whos probably the scion of the dead emperor's family

[@ivandiaz8892]

Damn!!! The dialogue and scripts of these videos never fail to amaze me and send chills down my spine.

[@mjbull5156]

Weekend at Bernie's is a normal Saturday for the Inca.

[@alex8130a]

You should talk about how the Incas discovered Easter Island and polinesia.

[@diegoalvarado9110]

Yeah, there are even Inca constructions on those islands

[@bravosierra2447]

Non Incan : “so what do you do?” Incan: “I’m the royal urinator”

[@jeremiasguverarista9693]

"A third goes to the aristocrats, a third goes to priests and a third goes to everyone else" *ancien regime intensifies*

[@timothymclean]

Lovely transition between the everyday life of goldsmiths and royalty to the herald of Incan endtimes.

[@ElLorenzoMagnifico]

Just my ridiculous excitement at hearing them talk about my home city. QUITO CARITA DE DIOS!

[@abaque24]

[Looks on in Huancavilcan from the seashore] (*_*)//

[@diegokaqui60]

imagine how i feel...im peruvian by the way. Saludos tumbes jr.

[@erraticonteuse]

Was this pale man perhaps riding on a pale horse?

[@star_lord1431]

Spanish: Arrive in South America Inca: *I don't feel too good Mr. Capac...*

[@wargriffin5]

If "Weekend at Bernie's" was a country. ;)

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Oh Social Functionalism... Explaining why humans did weird and disgusting things

[@abcdef27669]

-Ruled by dead emperors. -Intense control of society by the state. -Rebel people are forced to migrate. -Human sacrifices. -The Emperor can kill military commanders, if they start to offuscate the ruler of the Empire. -Was defeated by a bunch of ragtag adventurers leaded by a swineherd. The Inca Empire appears to be the closest thing to an Evil Empire of fantasy fiction in real history.

[@Carewolf]

Aztec was worse, and the Spanish was a pretty evil empire as well.. History is not that simple

[@RafaSheep]

Ragtag adventures led by a swineherd drastically undersells it. Pizarro had decades of experience in exploration and terrorism in America, and even brought a veteran from the battle of Pavia as one of his associates’ officers.

[@walsh9080]

@@Carewolf I'd argue the Aztec empire was nowhere near as bad for the Aztec citizens. Nor the Spanish for the Spanish citizens. Where both the Aztec and Spanish empires acted the worst was to other peoples, whereas the Inca treated their own poorly.

[@Carewolf]

@@walsh9080 Spain treated their own people pretty bad too, plus they annexed these people, made them their own and treated them badly

[@diegokaqui60]

-That s just for ceremony -Yeah but it was fine then. most of people had an improvement in their lives and actual development via comunitary service(and it wasn t unpaid). -Rebels will always get destroyed....roman policy.Except that one time were a common noble led an insurrection to marry an inca s daughter(the story of ollantay.....he gets the blessing on papa inca). -Thats....well just standar. -That is fucked up...and wans t aware off. Until now i only heard enemy generals getting shit on. -And they only managed that because the empire just had a civil ar and everyone was ready to leave the empire. Hell it was almost like game of thrones when King robert died. It wasn t an evil empire as much as...just another empire. Hell in the conquista neither had a moral high ground. And story would take it better if it wasnt for the spanish making things way worst than they were. Yeah the incas forced you to work but it never was until death by coper poisoning.

[@Black_Corey]

Fear of death is evolutionarily. Saying the sacrifices were not afraid was most likely true during the luxury phase, but very unlikely during the death ritual.

[@Ia32627]

As abhorrent as human sacrifice is, it still sounds less gruesome than the Aztec method. Bludgeoning you when your past out drunk versus getting your heart ripped out while awake and maybe slightly sedated. Hell just so there isn't a circlejerk of "hurr all non-euros are savages" I'd add that the Inca religious ritual pales in comparison to Christians burning people alive for being "witches" or heretics, and crushing pregnant women under 800 lbs of rock for harboring Catholic priests in Elizabethan England.

[@Anastas1786]

They were _unconscious_ during the death ritual.

[@Black_Corey]

@@Anastas1786 They were basically living on death row. As young teenagers.

[@maank2146]

While we can argue how much this whole "not afreaid of Death" aspect is present because of later "glorification" (because most of this was orally translated and well most cultures and religions tend to do that) it should be mentioned that we humans have a thing for overwritting these evolutionary aspects. With the fear of death it was and to some degree still is quite common that most religions and cultures create something that overtakes this fear. This can be for example a promise (like acceptance into paradise for most religions) or declaring it as part of something bigger (the typical for god,king, and country stuff). This effect can basiacly seen everywhere from organizations (like religious cults or to some degree every military in the world) down to personal things like people risking their lives for various reasons. So long story short. Wihle these people probaly were afraid to some decree of the ritual its very likley that these fears were buried deep under some sort of personal pride or sense of accomplishment. As weird as it may sound from our perspective nowadays.

[@walsh9080]

@@Ia32627 I'd argue it's not an apt comparison. The things you listed were punishments. Being sacrificed isn't supposed to be a punishment. To use the example from this video, the girls father nominated her. There was 0 Christians nominating their children for a heretics death. There were no Christians nominating their children to be criminals.

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

-Father, some white men came from the sea with strange clothing and animals! - *RUN*

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Олег Козлов _war music starts playing_

[@ErikWarhammer]

Inca Empire: "I don't feel so good."

[@bears_in_the_house_3285]

Small pox: *cracks knuckles* I’m about to end y’alls whole civilization

[@alecity4877]

other many diseases of the old world: am I a joke to you?

[@walsh9080]

Influenza: *cries silently in the corner* I was there too. I killed so many people in the early 20th century. Why does everyone always underestimate me? I'm still a massive threat unlike smallpox 😭😭

[@barakovdlich6203]

Nice. I wanted to watch something during dinner, and suddenly this video was uploaded. Perfect timing!

[@hyointheforest]

This is one of my favorite episodes so far! You should do more of these types of episodes, just showing us what life was like for the common people of society.

[@asmundurg]

Is the idea of doing more Bismarck episodes still alive? :)

[@sreckocuvalo8110]

*Native empires exist* Spain: ''This is America''

[@dillonwarcup6426]

it's free real estate

[@dr.nosborn6330]

When Diego de Almagro appears Pizarro: You have taken what I have rightfully stolen!

[@walsh9080]

The European rule was, if there's not a flag there already, then that's the perfect place to put your flag. It doesn't matter if there's people already there, it's the flag that matters.

[@vandenboer1]

Hey extra credits, I have a suggestion for future series: Wu Zutian, Willem of Orange Belgium andthe colonization of the Congo. Love your work :)

[@mrmimeisfunny]

Do you want to make everyone depressed? Nice hands you got there. It will be a shame if something happened to them.

[@Destroyer-od5dm]

You gotta become a patron to make those be heard

[@walsh9080]

Which William of Orange? William the Silent or William from the Glorious revolution? They're both called William of Orange. I'm not being pedantic, I'm genuinely not sure which one you're asking for.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

New topics are decided by Patrons. If you really want to get your suggestions through, you have to become a patron.

[@maxthecharacter1296]

I think some of those people meant for sacrifice may have been afraid. Think about it. Your whole life has been normal, then suddenly some dudes tell you that you have to die. That's scary no matter how much they soften it.

[@walsh9080]

Fear of death is evolutionary. Without a doubt some if not all of these people were afraid.

[@TomasMosca]

They were brought up with that intention since they were little. It was not a sudden choice. All their life they have been brought up to that and trained in rituals and performances.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

@@TomasMosca fear of death affect everyone . No matter your upbringing

[@lvd8122]

5:50 wait, assuming that with this system they can run 24 hours a day(which they can't as there are a few hours that are just to dark for traveling that would still be running at a pace of over 22km/h=that's only possible if those guys are sprinting which would mean a way station every few hundred meters?! Math: 1600km/72hours=22,222km/h?!?!

[@walsh9080]

Also worth mentioning the Inca empire would drop to below freezing every night in large swathes of the territory. Even more restricting what hours could be used.

[@belfideanotreal3734]

They were tossed from person to person at tambos, so that's something i guess???

[@KajiXD]

Yes, they were sprinting, but as the video clearly stated, they only did from one station (tambo) to the next. the stations where placed at a distance a man could run at once. If Marathon was possible, why not this? the distances were much more reasonable. It's just a matter of coordination

[@turmunhkganba1705]

Almost exactly like the decimal and the currier system in the Mongol Empire

[@Oxtocoatl13]

The Achaemenid Persians also had something similar. I guess there aren't that many ways to maintain an extensive bureaucracy over a vast empire with premodern supply and communications.

[@vizthex]

damn, you can't even die in peace in the inca empire. Still got boring office work.

[@thekinginyellow5803]

7:51 SWEET HOME CUSCO

[@SaltySunday]

𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗽𝗼𝘅 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁.

[@filozof8124]

You made me play eu4 ironman cusco

[@partibananathurai5862]

Huayna Capac : Gee I hope I'm as good an Emperor as grandpa Smallpox : I'm about to end this man's whole empire

[@oblivion6891]

If the title says Life of a Dead Emperor is it really life tho since they are dead.

[@crazyasalways9272]

Did the videos get mislabeled or am I crazy for seeing that number 2 is missing? I'm currently on the playlist with all the extra history videos. Am I just missing it

[@JohnSmith-qq7fm]

How did the Inca official read out the assignments if they had no written language?

[@timothystamm3200]

The beads and knots might have been a partially written language. We still don't know exactly how detailed those beads could be for recording and if you could write in a rudimentary kind of way with them.

[@dr.nosborn6330]

Yes, the kipus might have been a protolanguage (imagine it as the cuneiform origins, that first was used to account and later to write)

[@Oxtocoatl13]

I mean hosting parties for the dead seems really weird to us, but it's not really that different from how relics of saints were treated in medieval Europe. Of course, they didn't get to go to parties or own property, but they were venerated and consulted through prayer. They were even sometimes stored inside lookalike statues of the saint that were then brought out during festivals. Most cultures have regarded death as more of a transition than an ending.

[@faybyshe]

The human sacrifice ceremony sounds pretty serene and tranquil

[@donbionicle]

"Having more food than his ancestors did" "When the crops failed, people went hungry" Uhhh?

[@rensodanieldelcastillovega4394]

The population of Perú before the Spanish conquest was about 8 million people. The population of Perú, 300 years after that, was about 8 million. The incan had a sistem were they took care of everyone in the Empire

[@GohanLSSJ2]

I don't get it either. We had systems to prevent famines back then.

[@donbionicle]

@@rensodanieldelcastillovega4394 I understand that, but saying an average man under Incan conquest had more food than his ancestors did _and then_ saying people still went hungry when the crops failed seems mutually exclusive to me.

[@diegokaqui60]

not really...they had a store system to deal with this kind of stuff. That s also why they moved population to more prosper lands. This climate is a bitch i tell you.

[@MrAlias-oc8uk]

@@donbionicle When the fields failed before the Inca, *people expired of starvation.* When the fields failed after the Inca, people did not expire of starvation, although they went hungry.

[@christopherg2347]

Relay Run Couriers are fast. Propably the fastest before you do the same thing with Horses. Unfortunately, they are also a very good vector for disease...

[@artornis606]

Unfortunately, plague was inevitable simply by coming into contact with Europeans through no fault of any peoples.

[@cezarcatalin1406]

GamingLegendary Inca: I am not afraid of death ! Some random microbes: Allow us to introduce ourselves !

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

7:16 I wish I could get someone to urinate on my behalf.

[@chrishamilton7516]

I believe I understand why the Catholics said “Hell no.” To this society’s religion. 1- Human sacrifice: always a no-no. 2- the disrespecting (in their eyes) of the dead by using them like puppets. 3- wrong God(s) 4- denial of definite afterlife, instead believing their ancestors souls lingered. 5- mummification. Surprisingly enough this is also a big Catholic/Christian no-no as it does not allow one’s soul to be truly put to rest and returned to dust.

[@necro-retro915]

Christian be like: "This is fucking disgusting what They are doing to the Children in This Village in the NAME OF God" Also Christians: (devour their God flesh and blood)

[@JoeSmith-jo1tf]

1000 miles in 3 days is not true. You'd have to have couriers run over 13.8 mph for 72 hours straight, through the night, at elevation.

[@llamaalpaca5563]

Mummified Incan: Even in death, I still serve my country and King.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

More like "Even in death, my country still serves me."

[@myleshungerford7784]

The labor system tax is the key to understanding money. This is the heart of all monetary systems, even today. England had tally sticks that served an identical function. You accidentally explained money here better than you did in your series on money, where you reference the myth of barter.

[@CosmicAggressor]

1000 miles in 3 days? That is faster then most cars. Of course most cars do not go further then 1 hour's travel on any single trip.

[@angelwhispers2060]

The son who runs his father's estate in some ways is much more powerful than the political heir. Yeah that system was basically doomed to failure after enough Generations...

[@balazstatar7074]

1000 miles in 3 days, that's a steady going of 22 km/h for all 72 hours. I'm sorry but no

[@darthmortus5702]

Well with the Spanish coming in to screw things up at least those two kids can be spared, if not them personally then the sacrifices of that year, and all the sacrifices of future years.

[@rosiehawtrey]

Primary wife... The kind of family where you can go to a restaurant with your aunt, mom and sister and only need a table for two..

[@philhahn]

I love how the Incan empire managed postal logistics better back then than AusPost (australia post) now hahaha

[@NatalieJ22]

The Inca society was base 10 hundreds of years ago and the US still uses the imperial system today

[@NimhLabs]

Eh... this is still pretty much a Dwarf Fortress play through

[@jandro0078]

Damn imagine being able to end a fucking empire with a sneeze. These people didn't have a chance.

[@ethanbecker5639]

The most powerful empires are those who valued mathematics, and recording those mathematics.

[@TheScarp21]

Just for info, after conquistador inca descendant mostly reside in peru

[@Gildedmuse]

I mean, I have to say..... I don't want to die in a sacrifice, but there are far, far worse ways.

[@Maribro4]

"hey man i hear you work for the emperor now! That's great!" "Thanks" "what do you do for him?" "...i pee for him" "wait what?"

[@prettypic444]

I now have an image of a bunch of servants moving the mummies around like barbie dolls

[@TempestasAurum]

Inca just seem to have taken Feudalism to next the level, than anything socialistic or communistic.