Inca

shaped the course of history, partly because of its adaptability and nutritional benefits. Evidence of the first potatoes places them on the Chilean coast and throughout the Andes mountains in Peru and Bolivia almost 13,000 years ago, and names the Incas as the first to cultivate them in approximately 8,000 B.C., officially beginning the process of domestication. At first glance, the original potato was seemingly unfit for…

Puebloan tribes and the Incas lived their lives with their kind of technology. In source one, the author, Robin Chalmer, talks about Mesa Verde, located in Colorado, and the kind of life led there by cliff dwellers. In source two, the publisher, National Geographic, talks briefly about the national park Mesa Verde is home to before discussing about the artifacts and the items the Pueblo people used a long time ago. In source three, the author, Kathryn Hinds, talks about the ancient Incas and…

Integration and the Arrival of the Inca consisted of the Incas advancing from Peru into Ecuador. This sparked a long period of conflict between native tribes and the Incas. Under Pachacuti, the Incas began the conquest of Ecuador in the 15th century. Other notable tribes during this period include the Shyris and Caras who made up the Kingdom of Quito, now the present-day capital of Ecuador. These peoples were militarily weak, and were eventually conquered by the Incas. However, there…

photos, notes, and research on the Ancient civilization of the Incas but Hiram wasn't the first man to examine the Inca civilization. After a takeover by a Spanish conqueror in the 1530s, a man named Pedro Cieza de León recorded Inca rituals, social structures, and the engineering.…

before it was revealed to the world. Machu Picchu was built around 1460, at the heart of the Inca empire. In 1526…

from coastal Peruvians. We are because of our cultural traits. We are visual, silent, introverts, stoic and very much good listeners and enjoy jokes spoken in the Quechua language. Cultural traits inherited and transformed out of the clash between the Inca and the Spanish culture. The Nobel Prize winner Vargas llosa is correct indicating that our Spanish language in Cusco is old, archaic and more likely spoken as we were in colonial times. Correct.…

geological challenges, many people couldn't survive under this condition, but two groups of people, managed to adapt, and worked around their surrounding and make the most out of it. These people are the Puebloans cliff dwellers from Mesa Verde, and the Incas from Machu Picchu. The Puebloans from Mesa Verde adapted to their surrounding and lived within cliffs. They build large cliff dwellings called 'The Alcove' which the biggest of them contains 150 rooms and 23 kivas, and they also build…

discovered by the Spaniards. One of the Spaniards named Francisco Pizarro, decided to conquer the land of what is known as Peru today. One of his troops discovered that this was owned by an empire, called the Incas. The Incas were rich in wealth. Francisco Pizarro decides to conquer the Incas, however, he realized that there wasn’t…

Thesis: Due to Transculturation reasons we can appreciate and illustrate the impact of the Spanish culture over the indies. Not only but also demonstrate the idea of obedezco pero no cumplio and its effects over the Spanish hegemony over the indigenous population. My primary sources have evidence of transculturation models over the Indies including the Spanish hegemony and effect on this indigenous population. Americans and Europeans cultures transformed and created New cultures that were…

ancient city play a peculiar role on astronomical alignment whiett it\s former use remains unknown. Machu +- Picchu is also translated to "Old Peak" or "Old Hill" which can give some insight it\ s location. i,.JO,.J.. r-D ,,..uf' u"f>t. rw The Incas utilized hundreds of thousands of stones to construct their city, there is over@building hundreds of terraces (which act like claws) to help stabilize the city itself so it doesn't slide off the mountain. It also provides a place for…