The Inca
Rising of the Inca
Downfall of the Inca
Within only hundreds of years, their territory extended 2500 miles and the population grown up to 12 million!
The Incas resided in Andes, one of the steepest and highest mountains in the world. Building in such a harsh environment wasn't easy, but they're highly managed. Everyone worked for part of the empire, such as road building, mining, or farming.
Timeline
1400: The Inca lived in the Urubamba Valley
1470: The Inca reached the coast and extended their empire northward
1500: The Inca expanded all the way south and united their empire using more than 14000 miles of roads.
1532: The Inca reached the eastern slope of the mountain Andes
By 1520s, the Spanish conquistadors conquered the Inca empire. Then, the Inca empire had come to an end.
Influence of the Inca today
While the life and culture of Inca changed after the invasion of Spanish, their influence still remained.
Language: The language that they speak is called Quechua. In order to maintain it, Quechua wanted to increase QUechua language insturction
The culture of Inca has been passed down to the Quechua, their descendants.
Farming: Farming techiniques of Quechua have not changed much.
Animals: The Quechua learned to raise sheep, and llamas to get their wool. They dye it with variety of colors and weave them into yarns.
Artifact
Artifacts made of gold are detected by scientist, they demonstrated how golds were important in the Inca Empire
Scientists discovered vessels used for rituals
People discovered quipus, a system used for counting. The Inca used them for farming, making weapons, or living.