Weapon used by ancient Inca during war time

The keys to rapid Inca military successes lay in efficient organization and military infrastructure. The army was manned by peasants conscripted and warriors when needed. High ranking officers went to battle arrayed in colorful and distinctive military adornments.

Inca weapons consisted of spears, slings, bows, bronze maces, and wooden clubs. They wore amour or quilted cloth and metal plates and cane helmets.

Residing in a mountainous terrain that yielded little wood, the Inca’s most effective weapons were stones, rolled down hills or hurled from slingshots. Stones thrown from slings were the common weapon that could be used from a distance.

But while stones that Inca warriors hurled could kill as well as stun. Spanish iron helmets and mail or iron vest normally deflected the missiles of stone and rendered than incapable of deadly harm.

Inc also threw bolas, which were leather straps with rocks tied at the ends. When thrown at an enemy they wrapped around his legs and tripped him up.
Weapon used by ancient Inca during war time 

Inca society and corn

Corn was one of the most important foods in Inca society.  They worshipped the goddess Mother Corn. When a new land was conquered, one of the first things the Inca did was to prepare the soil for corn crops.

The Inca of Peru had a well-developed system around corn which included ceremonies for planting and harvest.   At planting they asked the sun to protect the corn from excessive heat, and offered a drink made from maize onto the rivers to ask for water for their fields.

Chicha and alcoholic beverage made from fermented corn, played an central role in the ceremonial and social life of Andean peoples before contact with the Old World. It is a type of beer drunk mostly by Inca rulers and nobles after battle victories and during ceremonies.

They threw corn into the river they were about to cross, or fish in, to propitiate its god.

Corn was a currency with each kernel being a coin. In a transaction, the buyer placed a fistful of kernels on a table. If the seller deemed the number of kernels insufficient, she said nothing but instead stared at the kernels.
Inca society and corn