The Incas: Inside An American Empire

Lectures delivered by Professor Terence N. D'Altroy, Columbia University.

This course focuses on Inca life at the height of empire, the society's origins, its military, religion, ruling structure, and finally, the Incas' legacy today.

lecture 1. Portrait of the Incas, an introduction
lecture 2. The land and its people
lecture 3. The origins of Inca society
lecture 4. The formation of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire
lecture 5. Inca militarism
lecture 6. Cuzco, the navel of the universe
lecture 7. The royal estates
lecture 8. At the heart of power
lecture 9. Powers of the sky and earth, past and present
lecture 10. Growing up Inca
lecture 11. Provincial rule
lecture 12. Building the empire
lecture 13. Provisioning the state and the sun
lecture 14. Invasion and aftermath