Anti Suyu
Anti Suyu is one of four parts of the Inca Empire according to the new administrative division in 1460 under Pachacútec Yupanqui .
Originally it was the area that stretched northeast of the center of Cusco . The latest archaeological finds have shown that this part of the Inca Empire extended significantly further into the eastern lowlands of Peru ( Amazonia ) and came under the influence of the Incas earlier than previously assumed on the basis of historiographical records. Anti Suyu remained the second smallest part of the Incas and could therefore only send two members to the Royal Council .
The area borders on what is now the Amazon region and was probably inhabited by the "Anti" population. "Anti" is a collective term for the Asháninka , Ch'unchu , Tsimané and other indigenous groups. The name of the Andes Mountains is also probably related to the “Anti”.
The Inca sphere of influence ended at the edge of the Amazon jungle. In the 15th century, Túpac Yupanqui tried to field an army of 10,000 men against the Ch'unchu in order to conquer and cultivate further areas of the jungle. He advanced as far as Rupa-Rupa . His expedition lasted two years and ended in defeat: according to some reports, only 1,000 soldiers came back alive.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Izumi Shimada (Ed.): The Inka Empire. Austin 2015, p. 3 and Fig. 1.1 (map); P. 15 (int.); and especially therein: pp. 265–286 (chap. 15) by Martti Pärssinen: The Collasuyu of the Inka State
- ↑ Terence N. d'Altroy: The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden 2005, pp. 86-87
- ^ Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (translated by Harold V. Livermore): Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru. 2 volumes, University of Texas Press 2014. ISBN 9780292767027