You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator

With this interactive book you can read about what it would have been like to be a captured enemy of the Roman army and forced into becoming a gladiator.

http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html

The Industrial Revolution

Below is a website that complies sources and information on the Industrial Revolution.

http://reicherz.edu.glogster.com/industrial-revolution/

After exploring the site what new information did you discover? How did this information help your understanding of the Industrial Revolution?

Inca Empire (1438-1532)

The Inca Empire existed extremely high in the Andes Mountains on the Western Pacific Coast. The land was very unforgiving, it was cold and there were many earthquakes. There were many small societies that existed in the Andes at this time. They went through cycles of consolidation (coming together to form one society) and fragmentation (being separate societies). The Inca Empire was the last example of consolidation called "senorios" meaning chiefdom.

The Incans expanded their empire through reciprocity or gift giving. They would give the elders/leaders of a small society large gifts in exchange for something small like building a home for the king in their village. They would let the leaders remain in charge to give the Incas legitimacy, keep morale high, and it was less expensive. Overtime the Incas would ask for larger and larger things. If the village said no then they would use military force, but it is much easier and less expensive to absorb societies than to  take them over with military force.

To maintain control over the people the Inca leaders wanted to make sure that no one group became too powerful. To do this they would use population transplant as either a reward or a punishment. They would move groups of people from one place to another but they would encourage them to keep their culture while also encouraging them to learn the Inca language and Gods.

An example of this that can be seen today is the salacas- these people were originally from Bolivia but they were moved by the Incans to Educator. Today the salacas remain culturally and ethnically different than the Ecuadorian people.

Write a response to the information above. Feel free to use the questions below to guide your response.

1) What means did the Inca Empire use to expand? Do you think their methods were effective? Why or why not?

2) How did population transplant work? How would moving people prevent one group from becoming too powerful?

3) How does the physical environment where one lives impact their way of life?