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

📜 The Inca Empire: Life of a Dead Emperor - To understand daily life in the Inca Empire, we travel from Cusco to Quito (located in modern-day Ecuador), where Thupa Inca wanted to establish a second capital city. From efficiently designed work assignments, to elaborate death rituals, life was neatly organized, masking rising tensions.

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[extrahistory]

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

[miketacos]

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

[Mathmachine]

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

[miguelangel-iggm]

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

[juanmam.]

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!

[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?"

[Joust]

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

[ANTICENA]

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

[Fullychargedevil]

"A man urinates on his behalf"
ok

[anttibjorklund]

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

[falnica]

Every other civilization: Money can be exchanged for goods and services


Incas: Mummies can have private property but peasants can't

[rohitbhavsar]

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

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

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

[Solqueen]

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

[NWRNNC]

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!

[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.

[gaydes]

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

[MarcMagma]

The moment this episode started and everything was nice and quiet, I asked:

"Okay. When is the plot twist coming?"

[siddhantraiviksit]

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

[dorkfish]

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