(old assignment) The Incan Empire

The Incan empire had a majority of people that spoke Quechua. This large empire was located along the Andes mountains near the west coast of South America. Comparing it to the Aztec empire, the Incan was much larger, stretching to about 2, 500 miles. They are known for their bureaucratic system in which a high emperor  reigns at the top and covers about eighty provinces with peasants working below them. The Incan also allowed their group of people to follow their own religious traditions, so they were not forced to follow a specific Incan priority. The one thing that got me interested was the gender system. The book did not get very specific on every detail, but it made me realize how woman stood in society. 

What should we call the 1500's-1600's?

I believe this era should be called the Powerful Era. From all the information I have learned from reading about the Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal, Songhay, Aztec, and Incan empire, they all seem to follow a similar path when they begin there "power." Each empire combined many great ideas, and built a good cultural structure to keep their empires running successfully. They pretty much covered every social and political aspect in which it helped them conquer others also. The better the chemistry among the people within, the better they will do surviving and taking over others. 

Comparison between MY empire and the others

Megan, Lizzie, and I created the South-East Asian Empire, which was found right next to the Ming dynasty and close to the coast of South east asia, and near the Himalayas. 

~Ming 

Our Our empire followed the one of many similar tactics of the Ming. They slowly progressed into forming a large and strong empire. We followed the same path by gathering many different types of people and bringing them together into one powerful empire. 

~Ottoman 

The Ottoman empire is the most similar to our empire because of its diverse people. Our empire brought together those of many cultures including people around China, India, the indonesian islands, and even the coast of australia. Ottoman's successfully worked with this variety of people and were able to manipulate different ideas to form a great empire. 

~Safavid

Whenever I read about the Safavid, I think of religious aspect of the people in that empire. Our empire had a rule to give religious freedom for everyone, because they all came from such unique backgrounds. I feel we had a combination of Safavid and Ottoman even though they were rivals.

~ Mughal 

The Mughal empire is known to try to keep a good partnership between the Islamic and Hindu civilizations. Our empire quite similarly did this, because we made sure to keep a good cultural connection with all the diverse people we had in our empire. Instead of rejecting their ideas, we brought all the cultures into some sort of connection, allowing us to find ways for even trading. So it only brought success for us. 

Aztec~

The Aztec empire were very confident in the things they did. They had slaves that worked for them, and they also performed human sacrifices as a ritual. Our south-east asian empire had slaves from many cultures, so we had many different capabilities of small peasants, bringing us speed in our physical needs. 

~Incan

The Incan  is known for their bureaucratic empire, in which a high emperor reigned for a period of time. Our empire had the exact same system, with Megan, Lizzie, and GG sitting at the top position of emperor. We also had peasants working under us, but they were also treated properly given their freedoms necessary. This peasants in the Incan army were called mita. An important similarity is the gender system. Like the Incans, we also believed that women should have a step up to their own empire. Not only did they do the housework, but were in power and capability to run some government issues for their Incan empire. This is why us three head emperors are women =] 

The Incas vs. the Aztec Empire

The Incan and Aztec Empires were politically and religiously very different, but followed the same idea of gender spots in their society. Very quickly, the Aztec empire did not make any of their conquered people do anything, they left them alone while the Inca empire made them do work in families households, on farms, and in temples. Discussing the religious subject, the Incas practiced human sacrifices on the religious events every now and then, but not as much as the Aztecs; they completed this sacrifice a great amount. 

Men and women's roles is a big topic in both ancient and modern history. The Incan and Aztec empire followed the same gender roles on a normal base. The men are generally ranked as a higher position and more involved in the military issues, while the women take care of the household, and do the cleaning and caring after the children. Politically speaking, both the empires acquired this same system on the people they conquered.