RIHLA #7

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Peruvian Moche

Organized Government
The government of the Moche is unknown but it could have been either an empire or city states having the same language and culture

Cities
Located in northern coast Peru, the Moche had two regions: Sipan and Huacas de Moche, Northern and Southern Moche respectively. The Moche is around canals and the Moche River
" * Early Intermediate (AD 100-550) North: Early and Middle Moche; South: Moche Phase I-III
* Middle Horizon (AD 550-950) N: Late Moche A, B and C; S: Moche Phase IV-V, Pre-Chimu or Casma
* Late Intermediate (AD 950-1200) N: Sican; S: Chimu"


Agriculture
The Moche lived in the desert and it was flooded often, which led to the rich soil to plant in.
The Moche planted corn and beans the most


Social Hierarchy
Upper Class: priests and warriors
Middle Class: artisans
Lower Class: : farmers, fishermen, servants, slaves and beggars

Arts & Architecture
The Moche were amazing at ceramic art. The pots had life-sized portrait heads and also three dimensional figures of people and animals. Not only are they famous for the ceramic art but also their three-dimensional murals. The murals were usually made of plaster and they are on the buildings. These revel the beliefs of the Moche: priest, warriors, and supernatural things. Also, the day to day lives of the Moche

The Moche also had an architecture called huacas: a big pyramid like structure. They were built from adobe brick. These places were used for: "apparently partly temples, palaces, administrative centers, and ritual meeting places"


Sources:
http://enloehs.wcpss.net/projects/candc/merg/rbmwrnmerg7/rdnmawrebmerg7.htm
http://archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/qt/moche.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/southamerica/before1500/history/moche.htm

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