Viceroyalty of Peru

(noun)

The Spanish forces gave the newly seized Inca region this title and started to collect taxes and labor from the local people.

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Examples of Viceroyalty of Peru in the following topics:

  • Spanish Exploration

    • He also explored the northeast coast of Cuba and the northern coast of Hispaniola.
    • The object of the third voyage was to verify the existence of a continent that King John II of Portugal claimed was located to the southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
    • Of equal importance was the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
    • It was the first step in a long campaign that took decades of fighting but ended in Spanish victory in 1572 and colonization of the region as the Viceroyalty of Peru.
    • Further Spanish settlements were progressively established in the New World: New Granada in the 1530s (later in the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717 and present day Colombia), Lima in 1535 as the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru, Buenos Aires in 1536 (later in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776), and Santiago in 1541.

  • The Spanish Conquest

    • Foremost among these was the Inca Civil War, which is also known as the War of Succession or the War of Two Brothers.
    • Around the same time that Atahualpa seized the throne in 1532, Pizarro returned to Peru with blessings from the Spanish crown.
    • Because of the language barrier, the Inca rulers probably did not understand much of these demands, and the meeting quickly escalated to the Battle of Cajamarca.
    • The Spanish named this vast region the Viceroyalty of Peru and set up a Spanish system of rule, which effectively suppressed any type of uprising from local communities.
    • The Spanish system destroyed many of the Inca traditions and ways of life in a matter of years.

  • European Empires in North America

    • Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Empire expanded for four centuries (1492–1892) across most of present-day Central America, the Caribbean islands, Mexico, and much of the rest of North America.
    • In the following years, the conquistadors and indigenous allies extended their control over the greater Andes region, leading to the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Perú in 1542.
    • This led to the gradual decline of Spanish influence in the New World and the widening of English imperial interests.
    • After wintering on the shore of James Bay, Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied.
    • Major French exploration of North America began under the rule of Francis I.

  • Ceramics in Early South America

    • The ceramic objects of the Paracas, Nazca, and Moche communities of Peru are varied in artistic forms and were important cultural artifacts.
    • Likewise, the Tiwanaku and Waki people of Bolivia and their contemporaries, the Wari people of Peru all produced pottery that was multifaceted in both aesthetics and utility.
    • It developed in the Paracas Peninsula in the Ica Region of Peru.
    • The Nazca culture (also Nasca) flourished from 100 to 800 CE beside the dry southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley.
    • Their culture rose and fell around the same time and was centered 500 miles north in the southern highlands of Peru.

  • Moche

    • Moche pottery, found in most North Coast dig sites located in Peru, was varied in artistic forms and were important cultural artifacts.
    • From 100 CE to 800 CE, Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru with its capital, Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, being located near present-day Trujillo .
    • Because irrigation was the source of wealth and foundation of the empire, the Moche culture emphasized the importance of circulation and flow.
    • This piece is an example of the didactic role of ceramics in Moche culture.
    • Huaca del Sol, "Temple of the Sun", was the Mochica political capital.

  • Establishing a resonating frame for businesses

    • To date, in an ongoing survey, my students have asked 127 business managers and 530 employees in eight countries (Belarus, Canada, China, Peru, Poland, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States) what aspects of sustainability most interest them.
    • Top ratings are almost always given to: the cost savings involved, profit potential, market share increases and job security (i.e. the financial aspects of sustainability).
    • Environment concerns are usually ranked least important – often by margins of 8 to 1.
    • Why then, when trying to win over businesspeople, are the aspects of sustainability that appeal most to business constantly forced to take a back seat to environmental facts and figures?

  • The Nazca

    • The Nazca lived near the southern coast of Peru from 100 BCE to 800 CE.
    • The Nazca (or Nasca) lived near the arid southern coast of Peru from 100 BCE to 800 CE.
    • As in the contemporary Moche culture based in northwest Peru, shamans apparently used hallucinogenic drugs, such as extractions from the San Pedro cactus, to induce visions during ceremonies.
    • Evidence of trephination has been seen through the analysis of excavated skulls.
    • Like the Moche, who lived along the arid northern coast of Peru during the same time period, it is thought that the Nazca may have been forced into decline by environmental changes.

  • The Caral Civilization

    • The Caral civilization (also known as the Norte Chico civilization and as Caral-Supe) was a complex pre-Columbian society, located  in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru, near Supe, Barranca province, Peru (200 km north of Lima).
    • One of the artifacts found at Caral is a knotted textile piece named a quipu, which archaeologists believe was a method of keeping records.
    • Other pieces found include flutes made of condor and pelican bones, and cornetts made of deer and llama bones.
    • Evidence of warfare has not been found.
    • Archaeological evidence suggests use of textile technology and, possibly, the worship of common god symbols, both of which recur in pre-Columbian Andean cultures.

  • The Moche

    • The Moche culture lasted from 100 to 800 CE in what is modern-day Peru.
    • The Moche (also known as the Early Chimú or Mochica) lived in what is modern-day Peru, near Moche and Trujillo.
    • The Moche cultural sphere centered around several valleys along the north coast of Peru, and occupied 250 miles of desert coastline that extended up to 50 miles inland.
    • The Huaca del Sol, a pyramidal adobe structure on the Rio Moche, was the largest pre-Columbian structure in Peru.
    • During the Spanish occupation of Peru in the early 17th century, colonists redirected the waters of the Moche River to run past the base of the Huaca del Sol in order to facilitate the looting of gold artifacts from the temple, which caused massive erosion.

  • Machu Picchu

    • Often referred to as the "City of the Incas," Machu Picchu is one of the most significant pre-Columbian Inca sites in Peru.
    • Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located in the Cuzco Region of Peru, South America .
    • Peru is a highly seismic land, and mortar-free construction was more earthquake-resistant as it allowed for the stones to move slightly and resettle without the walls collapsing.
    • The District of the Priests and the Nobility is a group of houses located in rows over a slope.
    • Today, tens of thousands of tourists walk the Inca Trail to visit Machu Picchu each year .