Answer: They believed that gold was the sweat of the sun and silver was the tears of the moon.
What did the Inca believe gold and silver were?

The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in Peru.The Inca Empire which lasted from 1438 to 1533 AD represented the height of this civilization.The Inca state was known as the Kingdom of Cusco before 1438. Over the course of the empire the …

Many aspects of Inca culture were systematically destroyed including their sophisticated farming system. The Spanish used the Inca mita (mandatory public service) system to get labourers for mines and plantations. One member of each family was forced to work in the gold and silver mines the foremost of which was the silver mine at Potosí. …

On 17 November the Spaniards sacked the Inca army camp in which they found great treasures of gold silver and emeralds. Noticing their lust for precious metals Atahualpa offered to fill a large room about 6.7 m (22 ft) long and 5.2 m (17 ft) wide up to a height o...


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