Summarize
built roads, tunnels, bridges,
massive forts Machu Picchu…
great engineers
built roads in high altitudes of over
15,000 feet; constructed sacrificial platforms
in mountainous areas
witha n altitude of 22,000
The Incas
The Inca Empire
1438-1532
the largest native state
to have existed in the
Western hemisphere
started out in Peru and then expanded to
Ecuador (north), to Chile (south)
population: 6
million people
language: Quechua
land: ” Land of the Four
Quarters”: over 2,50000
Civilization
* had 20 different kinds of corns and over 240
varieties of potaotes
* fair governors
* the most advanced ancient people in medicine
and surgery
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2 Possessing great knowledge of math and engineering, they
built roads, tunnels, bridges, massive forts and even constructed
Machu Picchu: an ancient city in Peru whose ruins attract
thousand of tourists every year.
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20 The Incas believed in heaven and hell and worshiped a sun
god called Apu Inti, holding many festivals in his honor and
devoting temples to him.
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21 The Incas had a calendar that revolved around the cycles of
the sun and the moon, and used divination to predict the
outcome of battles and plan social events.