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HIS386 HISTORY INCA EMPIRE| 3 - Credit Hours
History and Social Studies EduArts & Sciences
Subject Code
HIS
Course Number
386
Department(s)
Academic Level (Course Level)
Undergraduate
Course Title
HISTORY OF THE INCA EMPIRE
Course Description
The last great empire of the ancient Americans to fall under Spanish dominance, the Inca of Peru. The political, social, and economic functions of the Inca State. The foundations of the empire in earlier civilizations of the Andes. Inca system of governance; strategies for expansion and consolidation of empire; the importance of recordkeeping and the counting device known as quipu; the function of textiles and their production; the role of ancestors and myths in state formation and function; new perspectives on the Spanish conquest. Offered occasionally.
Credit Hours Min
3
Lecture Hours Min
3