The rise and fall of the Inca Empire - Gordon McEwan
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It was the western hemisphere's largest empire ever, with a population of nearly 10 million subjects. Yet within 100 years of its rise in the fifteenth century, the Inca Empire would be no more. What happened? Gordon McEwan details the rise and fall of the Inca Empire.
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That they used strings and knots to store information, and that they had a vast empire without any written language, horses, or wheels.
They didn't have a written language, and they had 4 boys and 4 girls.
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That they made an empire out of only 8 people. and the fact that they all survived, and that they basically owned South America
They had several different empires when Europeans came and survived with only one civilization left.
This is true they had just use resources not the essentials for a empire even though they fell by a civil war and a disease.
Some of the most unique aspects of the Inca Empire is having no language using different tools to store information and having an empire that has no horses which is an very needed thing for transportation.
Most of their nation is on the mountains
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The fact that they communicated through knots on rope.
Their buildings not only were built in a mountain place, but even sustained earthquakes that are quite common there. Some of the stoneworks stille baffle our modern minds and our technology (like the lack of space between huge block rocks in macchu pichu). the quipu are not much more understood for now, and they're still quite a great challenge. Incas were engineers and their ideas were pragmatic as hell.
They had the first "welfare" system
That they would still be a more developed civilization than others in the present day.
I think it was cool how they did not have a written language, yet were somehow able to communicate with each other and were able to build an empire that functioned for all the people.
They were not having there own written language, and had a mixtur of both 4 boys and 4 girls.
It was buliding an empire in highland.
I think it's amazing that the Incas didn't use any written language system, and yet managed to construct such magnificent cities.
The most interesting thing is their development without wheels or written language
That they would not step down they would fight against anyone who was trying to rule the place.
Their organisation of crop planting and harvesting into different altitudes that were more preferable/productive for the particular crop.
the conection with the earth and the respect of the nature
They built an original irrigation canal.
the king chnges
I found unique how they adapted plants to grow in higher altitudes with a system that was like stairs. Also I think it is pretty interesting how they communicated and stored the information in rope knots and even with that difficult challenge they had an amazing administration system. Finally they achieved the impossible constructing places like Machu Picchu without any machine, that shows that the Incas had a big knowledge about construction
They lived in challenging environments.
The religion with the sun god Inti was very interesting.
The way Atahualpa and Huascar had a civil war for power.
The way the Inca forced people to join their empire.
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Their economy and how the government worked. If taxes were paid, then food was guaranteed, this is rare in empires.
That they made an empire out of only 8 people. and the fact that they all survived, and that they basically owned South America.And there civil war most've been very very aspics.
the fact that they lived in harsh lands and built a Empire within a 100 years without written language, wheels, or horses and used strings and knots to store info
They didn't have a written language, horses, wheels or iron, and they stored information with a knotted string system.
Some unique aspects of the Inca empire were that they made this giant and successful empire with no horses, iron, or written language.
I think that it was the fact that they created an empire without the use of written language and wheels, and that even without those things it took around only a hundred years. And creating a huge empire within 100 years is an incredible feat, even with technology like wheels and a written language.
one of the most unique aspects of the Inca Empire were that they accomplished so much without a written language. It seems so important to the world now, but they were able to build cities, towns, and an entire empire without it.
Some of the most unique aspects of the Inca Empire was the kings changes.
I believe the most unique aspects of the inca empire were the technology they had and how they were made
The Incas worshiped the sun god Inti and the Incan emperor was believed to have been a direct descendent of the sun god.
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