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12 Cards in this Set
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Quipu |
A system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records |
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Caral |
The oldest known city in the Americas; in Peru; had buildings built out of stone and utilized an intensive irrigation system |
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Chavin |
These people lived in the coastal region of western South America; built temples and pyramids and declined around 200 BC |
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Nazca |
The Nazca culture existed around the same time as the Chavin people; created pottery and formed geometric shapes in the ground |
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Ecuador |
Around AD 300 the Moche civilization developed near the Pacific coast of Ecuador |
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Moche |
Were a warlike people, as they have left no written history, historians have relied on pottery images to decipher their past |
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Inca |
People who developed a well-organized, militaristic empire with a highly structured society |
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Cuzco |
Was the Inca capital; located in the mountains of present day southern Peru |
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Pachacuti |
In the late 1300's, the Inca rose to power under the skilled leadership of Pachacuti |
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Machu Picchu |
The ruins of this abandoned city demonstrate the architectural genius of the Inca |
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Urubamba River |
Machu Picchu was built on a lofty hilltop far above this river |
