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    The Inca And The Incas

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    with gold? Well, the Inca had it pretty close. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro landed in Peru in 1532, and found unimaginable riches. The streets were not paved with gold- but their temples were. This empire was the largest empire on Earth of it 's time, but it was a brittle empire held together only by promises and threats. The true history of the Inca is still being written today. RELIGION- The Inca held strong, polytheistic religious beliefs. The Incas were a polytheistic

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    The Inca And Inca Culture

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    Have you ever heard of the Inca civilization? Well, the Inca community was a very accomplished empire ; everyone in the empire was unbelievable. The Inca people knew skills many others didn 't know about ; like the Aztecs fought more than they focused on the arts and the Mayan people mainly focused on the arts. Some of their skills were building, art, and farming. Incas built many buildings, like Machu Picchu. The Inca people survived many decades because of their advanced knowledge in farming ;

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    The Interesting Incas The Incas lead to the development of South America and it was vital to how it is now. That is why learning about their culture, accomplishments, and how the Spanish affected them. Even if the Incan didn’t strongly influence culture they have achievements worth looking at. For example Machu Picchu is a wonder of the world, just like Great Wall of China or the Pyramids of Giza. That is because this place was built on one of the highest mountain in the world. We would have trouble

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    Incan Civilization Inca civilization began in the high plateaus of the Andes Mountains. The civilization grew slowly until Pachacuti took the throne in 1438. He conquered all of Peru and more. The Inca were able to do this because they had a strong military and they were good diplomats. The Inca only used force when it was absolutely necessary. They prefered to have enemy civilizations surrender. If an enemy civilization did surrender, the Inca would let them keep local customs and rituals in exchange

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    The Incas

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    The Inca were South American Indian people who ruled one of the largest and richest empires in the America's. The Inca Empire began to expand about 1438 and occupied a vast region that centered on the capital, Cusco, in southern Peru. The Empire extended more than 2,500 miles (4,020 kilometers) along the western coast of South America. It included parts of Present - Day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. The Inca Empire was conquered by Spanish Forces soon after their arrival

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    geography. The Incas were among one of those ancient civilizations. They had amazing ingenuity to make use of their environment. The Incas built agriculture terraces and they had a complex irrigation system. And some crops that we use today. The physical environment of the Incas affected and shaped their civilization. The Incan Indians started as a small tribe in South America in pre- Columbian times. According to Lin Donn, author on the website, Inca Empire for Kids Quick History, “The Inca empire started

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    Religion was a major impact for the Incas, as with many other ancient cultures, inextricable from history, politics, or society in general. All sides of community life were connected to religious beliefs, from government to burials, marriages to farming. Any failure or success of any kind in a Incas life was suspected to be due by the influence of the gods. Keeping the gods pleased was exercised, for they evade the wrath of the gods in the form of natural disasters, and was a very important for

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    Inca Tribe

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    My group I got was the Incas. The Incas had a unique way of life. The Incas lived in the Cuzco valley. They were a very strong and smart empire. The Incas used their defeated enemies for many massive building projects. They used totora reeds for boats and at times would fake retreat to lead their enemies into a spot where they had a better chance of winning. Incas were masters at building terraces. The Incas created provinces for 20-30 thousand people. Each province required labor to the King

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    The Inca Empire

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    The Inca empire was one of the most advanced technology empires during the period of 1400 to 1533 C.E. The Inca Civilization thrive on the ancient Andean region of South America. By the end, their empire spread across the western South America from Quito in the North to Santiago to the South. Up until, its conquest by Spanish military in the 1530s. In this course of time, Incas were facing some slumps and success moments. Incas made their home high in the mountains, about 11,000 feet above the

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    Inca Religion

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    The Incas worshiped gods in their temples. The Incas was a large group of people and most of them went to the temples and worshiped. The Incas were influenced traditions while worshipping. The Incas have 10,000,000 people in their population. The chaska owned one of the temples. The priest aided the aulas only. Earthquakes were important to the Incas. Macopacs wife is also is sister from his family. Hunters gathered information from the communities The Incas lost control of an empire.

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