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One of their innovation was the |
Thousands of miles of roads on mountains. |
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How big was Inca empire? |
2,500 miles (4,023 kilometers) from North to South. |
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Unlike the Aztec |
They don't have writing. |
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Inca crops were |
Quinoa, corn and potatoes |
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Terraces were created |
To form flat surface for planting To prevent crops from crumbling down the hill. |
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How did they preserve their potatoes and corn so they would have them when there a drought or freezing temperature? |
They freezed, dried and then put their crops in warehouses. |
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Llamas were used for |
Transportation. Only wealthy people ate llama meats. |
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Who were descendants of Into, Sun God? |
Emperors |
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Emperors were called |
Sapa Inca |
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Cusco is located in |
Valley in the Andes Mts |
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Cusco is |
A high city, one of the highest in the world |
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The high city had |
Schools, houses, palaces and temples |
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Buildings of the high city was made of |
Stones. |
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What was special about temples? |
They were embellished with gold and silver. |
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What was special about about Coricancha? |
The wall was embellished with pure gold, and the courtyards had gold and silver statues. |
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Cusco most important place was |
Coricancha, a "Golden Courtyard" for worshipping Inti. |
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Ushnu |
A structure that shaped like a pyramid. Ushnu is located in the middle of every Inca town Ushnu was where King held meetings with local leaders as well as the location of ceremonies. |
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It was important for Inca to have 14,000 miles of roads and hundreds of bridges because |
They connected people near and far. people from the jungles, rivers, mts and deserts were able to visit each others, import and export things, and deliver messages by feet. |
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To keep numerical record, the king and his advisors used |
A quipu which is like an abacus consisting of strings and knots. People had to be taught to understand what the strands and knots indicate. |
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Had Inca always been the only group living on the Andes? |
No. There were other tribes like the Chimu. The Inca defeated the Chimu. |
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Maybe the Inca learned about irrigation from the |
Chimu who created impressive method for watering dry land. |
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Emperor Pachacuti was wonderful for 5 reasons |
1. He enhanced Cusco. Cusco became the a magnificent city of Peru 2. He built new buildings and roads 3. He transformed the army 4. He talked people into worshipping Sun God |
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A great quote about emperor Pachacuti was |
"Pachacuti felt it was very important to build an empire in which everyone worked together and spoke the same language. He did not kill people whose land he conquered. Instead, he and his advisers would invite them to join the Inca Empire. If people refused, the Inca army would force them to give up." |
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Pachacuti expanded Cusco. His son Topa Yupanqui |
expanded the Inca Empire. |
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What was Machu Picchu? |
Royal retreat Country estate |
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Who built Machu Picchu? |
Pachacuti |
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Where was Machu Picchu? |
At a top of a mountain outside of Cusco |
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When is winter solstice? |
In December |
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Why did the priest hold a ceremony to tie the sun to the hitching post? |
On winter solstice the priest wanted to prevent the sun from disappearing. |
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The hitching post was found in |
Machu Picchu |
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Why was Pizzaro able to conquered Peru? |
1. The whole country was weakened by civil war of five years ever since Huascar and Atahualpa became enemies. 2. The people were physically weaken because they caught diseases from Europeans. |
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What happened to Atahualpa? |
Pizzaro killed him. |
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Who was the last Inca emperor? |
Pizzaro made Atahualpa's brother, Manco emperor. |
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What was Manco's last years of his life like? |
Left Cusco and settled in valley. He supervised the Inca state until he died. |
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How did The Inca viewed death? |
The respected the deceased ruler as if he was alived |
He get to be preserved and stayed in the palace During festivals he was put on display People asked him for advice and offer him food and drink |
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The Inca left behind |
History by spoken words Architecture Artifacts No written words |
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Inca language is |
Quechua |
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