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Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest by Steven Stern

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the Huamanga region of Peru. Stern demonstrates how the actions and attitudes of native Andean people in this region contributed to the evolution of colonial society, limiting the options of  the Spanish ruling class, and conclusively showing that the struggles and achievements of the natives had a direct bearing on the colonial system that evolved. The student researching this  topic has specified the inclusion of a great deal of information. In order to accommodate this within the space allotted for this research, the writer is simply going to respond  to each set of questions indicated in the assignment. This method provides the student with the most information. The student, therefore, should connect these sections in a meaningful manner in  writing his/her own essay. 1. The Incas conquered Huamanga around 1460, converting communities and ethnic groups into a peasantry where surplus labors supported the expanding state (Stern  20). The people of this region were not homogeneous. The Angares people to the north fought violently against Inca occupation, as did the Soras and Lucanas people to the South  (Stern 20). Inca state policy worsened ethnic fragmentation and also undermined communal and ethnic autonomy (Stern 22). The state took over crucial management functions, such as protecting or expanding local  resources against possible intrusions by other groups (Stern 22). Therefore, economic decline or improvement became intrinsically connected to service to the state. The state took advantage of ethnic differentiation  within Huamanga to establish political alliances that suited their purposes. The Yauyos people, situated to the north of Huamanga, were granted pasture lands in the punas that once  belonged to the Chocovos people of Castrovirreyna (Stern 22). Rebellious people in Huanacavelica lost their coca fields to mitmaq sent by the Inca overlords (Stern 22). Furthermore, the state established