Introduction

Civilizations create their own culture, their own ethos, and their own worldview, and this was certainly true of the Inkas. The Inka Empire (in Quechua, the Tawantinsuyo) in its evolution developed its own customs, habits, ways of being, and ways of behavior. The Inkas as well sought to answer fundamental questions such as “how to be” (Imaynakay), and “how to live” (Imaynakawsay) (Fig. 1.1).