Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca ExpansionismCambridge University Press, 31 Ağu 1984 - 266 sayfa Religion and Empire is an innovative and provocative study of the two largest states of the Precolumbian Americas, the Aztec and Inca Empires. By examining the causes of the formation and expansion of these two empires, the authors identify similar patterns and processes underlying their rise and decline. They demonstrate that in both examples among the critical elements in the transition from marginal people to imperial power to disintegrating society were changes in traditional religion, including the elaboration of Aztec human sacrifice and Inca worship of the corpses of their kings. The authors show that the complex interaction between such ideological shifts and political and economic factors generated the spectacular historical trajectories of these Pre-Colombian empires. |
İçindekiler
Introduction | 1 |
The Aztec imperial expansion | 11 |
The Inca imperial expansion | 84 |
Precolumbian imperialism theories and evidence | 152 |
Ideology and cultural evolution | 191 |
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adaptive agricultural ancestor worship Andean anthropology archaeological Atauhualpa ayllu Aztec and Inca Cabello calpulli campaigns Central Mexico Chimu chinampa chroniclers Cieza civil Cobo complex conquest cult cultural evolution cultural materialists culture change Cuzco dead deities demographic Durán early ecological economic emperor environmental ethnohistorical expansionism factors groups growth highlands huacas Huascar Huayna Capac Huitzilopochtli human sacrifice ideology imperial expansion Inca Empire Inca society institutions Inti Itzcoatl Ixtlilxochitl king land leaders legitimate Marxist Mesoamerican Mexica and Inca Mexica society military Moctezuma Moctezuma II models Murra Pachakuti panaqa Peru political population pressure Postclassic Precolumbian problems production regions religion religious ritual role Rowe royal mummies rulers Sahagún Sanders Santley Sarmiento social sources Spanish specific split inheritance structure Tawantinsuyu Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan Tepanec Texcoco Tezozomoc theory Tiahuanaco Titicaca Basin Tlacaelel tlatoani Toltec traditional tribute Triple Alliance Valley of Mexico versions victories Viracocha Viracocha Inca warfare warriors