Antisuyu

Antisuyu
Suyu of Inca Empire
1438–1535

Antisuyu within the Inca Empire
Historical eraPre-Columbian Peru
• Established
1438
1535
Subdivisions
 • TypeWamani
 Succeeded by
Viceroyalty of Peru

Antisuyu (Quechua: anti lit. 'east', suyu lit. 'quadrant'; Spanish: Antisuyo)[1][2] was the eastern part of the Inca Empire which bordered on the modern-day Upper Amazon region which the Anti inhabited. Along with Chinchaysuyu, it was part of the Hanan Suyukuna or "upper quarters" of the empire,[3][4] constituting half of the Tahuantinsuyu, the "four parts bound together" that comprised the empire.[1]

Antis is a collective term for the many varied ethnic groups living in the Antisuyu such as the Asháninka or the Tsimané.

  1. ^ a b Urton, Gary; Hagen, Adriana von (2015). Encyclopedia of the Incas. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7591-2362-5.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ D’Altroy, Terence N. (2005). The Incas. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, p. 42-43, 86–89
  4. ^ Steward, Julian H. & Faron, Louis, C. (1959). Native Peoples of South America. McGraw-Hill: New York, p. 185-192