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.
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.
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
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!
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...
"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?"
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?
@@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.
@@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...)
@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
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.
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
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 RU-vidrs you're referring to are men.
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.)
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!!!
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
-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.
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.
@@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.
-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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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 😭😭
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?!?!
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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)
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...
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.
"The Spanish this, the Spanish that; imperialism this, imperialism that; colonialism this colonialism that" *basically downplays human sacrifice and even puts a SMILE on the girl's face*
