nov 20, 1440 - City of Cusco

Description:

This is the map of the city and that they used to navigate.

the city of Cusco was not just the capital of Tawantinsuyu (“Land of the Four Quarters,” the Inka name for their empire in their native language, Quechua). It was an axis mundi—the center of existence—and a reflection of Inka power.

upper or high) and hurin (lower), which paralleled the social organization of Inka society into upper and lower moieties (social divisions).

further divided into quarters that reflected the four divisions of the empire, and people from those sections inhabited their respective quarters of the city.