▁a ▁mission ary ▁in ▁Peru , ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁In ca ▁emp ire ▁was ▁instit uted ▁in ▁schools ▁called ▁Y ach ay w asi ▁or ▁" H ouses ▁of ▁Know ledge " ▁in ▁C uz co . ▁Stud ents ▁were ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁In ca ▁nob ility , ▁the ▁future ▁r ul ers . ▁The ▁subjects ▁were ▁the ▁moral ▁standards , ▁religion , ▁government ▁ten ets , ▁statistics , ▁math , ▁science , ▁" R una - Sim i " ▁language ▁variety ▁of ▁C uz co , ▁K hip u ▁interpretation , ▁art , ▁music ▁construction , ▁history , ▁agr onomy , ▁architecture , ▁medicine , ▁philosophy ▁and ▁cosm ological ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁earth ▁and ▁the ▁universe , ▁among ▁other ▁subjects . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁Y ach ay w asi ▁was ▁constructed ▁and ▁inaugur ated ▁by ▁In ca ▁R oca . ▁More ▁schools ▁like ▁this ▁were ▁built ▁as ▁the ▁emp ire ▁grew , ▁and ▁were ▁the ▁cent ers ▁of ▁teaching ▁the ▁primary ▁ide ologies , ▁histor ies ▁and ▁philosoph ies ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire . ▁The ▁am aut as ▁maintained ▁this ▁knowledge ▁through ▁an ▁or al ▁tradition ▁and ▁passed ▁it ▁on ▁to ▁future ▁gener ations . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁Ama uta ▁Project , ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁Depart amento ▁de ▁C iencia ▁y ▁T ec n ología ▁of ▁the ▁O E A ▁ ▁( in ▁Spanish ) ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁( in ▁Spanish ) ▁▁▁ ▁Am ar uk ▁Kay sh ap anta . ▁El ▁seg re to ▁de ▁los ▁Ama wt as