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Their kingdom was "Tawantinsuyu" or "the four regions" Lived in the mountains Cold in the winter They spoke many languages, but the most important was "Quechua" The word "Inca" referred only to the nobles, the highest class of people in their society Bolas were a kind of weapon made by tying rocks and string together, and were thrown Feathers and shells were used for decoration Messages and information were stored on a kind of lost language consisting of knotted string (Quipu) Stories and legends were also made on ceramics and multicolored fabric. There was no written language. Many gods, but the Incas promoted the worship of "Inti" the sun god, as the highest god. The King of the Inca was the "Sapa Inti" or the son of the sun
 * __Details from Inca life about 1400 near Cuzco__**

From Wikipedia: Incan [|oral history] mentions three possible places of origin of their people: three caves near [|Pacariqtambo], a place 33 km (21 mi) away from Cuzco; Lake Titicaca; or a place known as Tambo. [|[9]] Pacariqtambo, which means "the dawn tavern" or "the place of origin", was a place of three caves. The center cave, Tambo Tocco, was named for [|Capac Tocco]. The other caves were Maras Tocco and Sutic Tocco. [|[9]] Four brothers and four sisters stepped out of the middle cave. They were: Ayar Manco, [|Ayar Cachi], Ayar Auca, Ayar Uchu, and Mama Ocllo, Mama Raua, Mama Huaca, Mama Cora. Out of the side caves came the people who were to be the ancestors of all the clans of the Inca people. Ayar Manco carried a staff made of the finest gold. Where this staff landed, the people would all live there. They travelled for a very, very long time. On the way, Ayar Cachi went too far boasting about his great strength and power, and his siblings tricked him into returning to the cave to get a sacred llama. When he went into the cave, they trapped him inside. Ayar Uchu decided to stay somewhere on the top to look over the Incan people. The minute he proclaimed that, he turned to stone. They built a shrine around the stone and it became a sacred object. Ayar Auca also grew tired of all these and decide to travel alone. Only Ayar Manco and his four sisters remained. Finally, they reached Cuzco. The staff sank into the ground. Before they reached here, Mama Ocllo had already bore Ayar Manco a child, Sinchi Roca. The people who were already living in the valley fought hard to keep their land, but Mama Huaca was a good fighter. When the enemy attacked, she threw her bolas--several stones tied together that spun through the air when thrown--at a soldier, or gualla, and killed him instantly. Mama Huaca ripped out his lungs and squeezed them until they exploded. The other people were so scared, they ran away. After that, Ayar Manco became known as Manco Cápac, the founder of the Inca. It is said that he and his sisters built the first Inca homes in the valley with their own hands. When the time came, Manco Cápac turned to stone like his brothers before him. His son, Sinchi Roca, became the second emperor of the Inca. [|[10]]