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- War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes
- War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Two Severity and Spectacle
- Three Toward a Better Model of War
- Four Warrior Lords
- Five Us versus Them
- Six The Invention of Conquest
- Seven Conclusions
- Book part
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Six - The Invention of Conquest
Chimú and Inca War and Coercion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2022
- War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes
- War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Two Severity and Spectacle
- Three Toward a Better Model of War
- Four Warrior Lords
- Five Us versus Them
- Six The Invention of Conquest
- Seven Conclusions
- Book part
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the final two centuries of Andean prehistory, two conquest empires arose: the Chimú empire on the north coast, and the Inca empire, which grew from of its heartland in the central highlands to eventually encompass most of the Andean highlands and coast. These empires expanded through the military conquest of new subjects on their land, and the control of them afterwards through the credible threat of force. Conquest warfare had probably happened before in the Andes, but it is only with the Chimú and Inca that it is clearly demonstrable.
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- War, Spectacle, and Politics in the Ancient Andes , pp. 162 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022