Inca Engineering
The people gathered in the central plaza for a fiesta that was celebrating the building of the new Incan temple. The Inca ruler, Pachacuti stood on the Ushnu, or central platform and watched with a strong domination in his eyes while he watched over his people. The Inca empire started as a small tribe who lived in the village of Cuzco, high in the Andes Mountains of South America. After many attempted conquering’s the Inca proved to be a worthy and strong civilization. Over the next 100 years, the Inca conquered tribe after tribe until their empire was almost the entire length of western South America. It was one of the largest empires in the world. At its height, it was over 2,500 miles long and about 500 miles wide, high …show more content…
Peru is full hills and many mountains which made it sort of difficult for the Inca’s to communicate. However, they did what they always do and they adapted. Because Peru is made up of so many different types of terrain the Inca’s were forced to develop different types of bridges that would fit the environment. Some of these different types include rope bridges, stone bridges, wooden bridges, and floating bridges. The Inca rope bridges were simple suspension bridges that were spread over canyons and rivers to provide communication access for the Inca Empire. Bridges like this were useful since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport and traffic was limited to pedestrians and livestock. The bridges were an intricate part on the Inca road system and are an example of Inca innovation in engineering. Another example of their innovative thinking is shown through their stone bridges. The …show more content…
They built roads and bridges to keep the empire together. The transportation system allowed them to have fast communication between villages and cities. They also used it to move food and other supplies. The roads also allowed military troops to move faster. The Incan roads stretched for -more than 10,000 miles. The Incas had two major roads. The Royal Road was 3,250 miles long. It went from the northern border of the empire through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia into Argentina and Chile. The other major road, the highway, was 2,520 miles long. It ran from the village of Tumbes in the north, through the desert, then into Chile. There are several other roads ran between the two major ones. Most were roads 24 feet across. They were narrower only when natural barriers were in the way. The roads included side walls to keep sand out and to mark the road. There were also markers along the road to tell the distance to the next village. Incan workers provided the labor to build the roads as part of the “labor tax" they paid to
The people gathered in the central plaza for a fiesta that was celebrating the building of the new Incan temple. The Inca ruler, Pachacuti stood on the Ushnu, or central platform and watched with a strong domination in his eyes while he watched over his people. The Inca empire started as a small tribe who lived in the village of Cuzco, high in the Andes Mountains of South America. After many attempted conquering’s the Inca proved to be a worthy and strong civilization. Over the next 100 years, the Inca conquered tribe after tribe until their empire was almost the entire length of western South America. It was one of the largest empires in the world. At its height, it was over 2,500 miles long and about 500 miles wide, high …show more content…
Peru is full hills and many mountains which made it sort of difficult for the Inca’s to communicate. However, they did what they always do and they adapted. Because Peru is made up of so many different types of terrain the Inca’s were forced to develop different types of bridges that would fit the environment. Some of these different types include rope bridges, stone bridges, wooden bridges, and floating bridges. The Inca rope bridges were simple suspension bridges that were spread over canyons and rivers to provide communication access for the Inca Empire. Bridges like this were useful since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport and traffic was limited to pedestrians and livestock. The bridges were an intricate part on the Inca road system and are an example of Inca innovation in engineering. Another example of their innovative thinking is shown through their stone bridges. The …show more content…
They built roads and bridges to keep the empire together. The transportation system allowed them to have fast communication between villages and cities. They also used it to move food and other supplies. The roads also allowed military troops to move faster. The Incan roads stretched for -more than 10,000 miles. The Incas had two major roads. The Royal Road was 3,250 miles long. It went from the northern border of the empire through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia into Argentina and Chile. The other major road, the highway, was 2,520 miles long. It ran from the village of Tumbes in the north, through the desert, then into Chile. There are several other roads ran between the two major ones. Most were roads 24 feet across. They were narrower only when natural barriers were in the way. The roads included side walls to keep sand out and to mark the road. There were also markers along the road to tell the distance to the next village. Incan workers provided the labor to build the roads as part of the “labor tax" they paid to