Inca Empire

The Incas were an incredibly developed ancient society that lived in South America between 1438 A.D. to 1532 A.D.. They created aqueducts, an advanced communication system called Khipus, and an entire transportation system (“Top 5 Ancient Incan inventions”). Alongside these inventions, the Incan people created very intricate woven bridges. These bridges were used to get across large chasms along top the Andes mountains. They were incredibly useful, and quite intricate to make. Unlike in Europe,…

hundreds of years ago by the Incas and is also known as “the city in the clouds” because it stands over 7,800 feet and covers over 79 acres. Within Machu Picchu, there are many Architectural and cultural factors like what was used to build it and the people who lived/lives there. Machu Picchu is a very cultured place and has many historical factors. First of all, it's known for its Inca legacies like how still today “people who live near Machu Picchu live like there Inca ancestors like being…

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY CUJO AND ANNE FRANK Claim: How can people best react to conflict ? Cujo Cujo is a 1981 psychological horror novel by Stephen King about a rabid dog. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982, and was made into a film in 1983. In this story there is a rabid dog that attacks people. The main characters are Donna Trenton and her son. In here I will describe Donna’s actions to respond the conflict. In Cujo, Donna Trenton was facing a difficult situation, she was reacting by…

There were countless civilizations I could have selected from but, none caught my attention quite like the Incas. Who are they? Incas are best defined as “a civilization in South America formed by ethnic Quechua people, also known as Amerindians” (Staff Writer, 2016). Inca descendants were originally hunters from Asia, who originated over the years to find new means of living. However, the Inca themselves would have you believe differently, they would “explain their origin through legends,…

objects of the Incas left behind at the site and found in the various grave sites, Bingham and his team took part in strategic “grave robbing” as they collected skeletal remains, pottery, metalwork, and other textiles (Hall 2012). Although the collection practices of Bingham and his team may seem controversial and give evidence to both the current and past debates over the morality and ethical implications of taking and using the bones of others for research, the uncovering of the Inca…

Hidden away in the peaks of the Andes Mountains is a place like no other. Machu Picchu was once a thriving city before its time came up. But because of the American explorer, Hiram Bingham, looking for this place we might not have found it. In 1911 Hiram Bingham was looking for a place called Vilcabamba but instead found Machu Picchu. When he found Machu Picchu he thought it was the only Vilcabamba but, days later he found the real Vilcabamba and named the other mountain Machu Picchu. This place…

couldn’t break stone, and their structures were made of stone (limestone or/and granite). Since the stone buildings were important( Machu Picchu or the city on the Andes mountains were also important), to the Incas way of life so it would be the top left corner in the exhibit. The way the Incas built the building is important to because that is what made them stand and stay standing for so long without collapsing. The way they made it stand for so long without being annihilate, and why…

Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies endeavors to answer a simple but vastly complicated question of how did certain people develop useful items, or “cargo” as Yali, the man who asked the original question, worded it, while other people did not. According to Diamond, while the developments immediately preceding interaction among groups of people is what decides the outcomes of the interactions, it 's where the people come from, their environment, that…

its construction in the 15th century. It was constructed during the rule of “the two great Incas”, Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui, who ruled from 1438 through 1471, and Tupac Inca Yuanqui, who ruled from 1472 to 1493. Eventually in the sixteenth century spaniards invaded, chasing the Inca out. Centuries later in 1911 an explorer named Hiram Bingham rediscovered the city during his search for Vilcabamba, the last Inca capital (“The Stones of Machu Picchu” by Duane Damon). He would eventually return to…

About Peru In South America,the Aztecs, Mayans, and Inca history started here. South America is located right under North America. There is minerals like gold, iron, silver, and copper. In South America, there is the Amazon Rain forest. Toucans, parrots, and a Giant Galapagos Tortoise all live in the forest. In South America, Peru is found. Peru has an ancient feature named Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is built on the Andes mountain in Peru. Inca leaders take Machu Picchu as a royal estate.…