Antisuyu

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Antisuyu was the eastern quarter of the Inca Empire, encompassing the Andean slopes and Amazonian frontier regions inhabited by various indigenous groups.


Statements (36)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Inca quarter
region of the Inca Empire
administrativeLanguage Quechua
associatedWithEthnicGroup Anti people
Asháninka (Campa)
Machiguenga
other Arawakan-speaking groups
borders Amazon Basin
capitalRegionCenteredOn Cusco
governedBy Inca provincial administrators
hasEtymology named after the Anti people (Antis)
hasNameInQuechua Antisuyu
hasPosition eastern quarter of the Inca Empire
hasTypeOfBoundary frontier zone with non-Inca polities
historicalPeriod Late Horizon (Inca period)
includes Amazonian frontier regions
Andean eastern slopes
inhabitedBy various indigenous groups
locatedInPresentDay Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
oneOf four suyus of Tawantinsuyu
partOf Inca Empire
Tawantinsuyu
religiousSignificance associated with the eastern, forested direction in Inca cosmology
sisterRegion Chinchaysuyu
Collasuyu
Cuntisuyu
terrainType cloud forest
high jungle (ceja de selva)
montane forest
timePeriodEnd Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
usedFor frontier expansion into Amazonia
resource extraction from lowland forests


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