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The Inca Empire

The Inca Empire. Presented by Reagan Walpole. Place. Lived in the west Would be in present day Peru, located in South America. Time. Lived in the 15 th and part of 16 th centuries Lived 100 years as an empire (ended in 1532). Land. Cities connected to miles of roads

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The Inca Empire

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  1. The Inca Empire Presented byReagan Walpole

  2. Place • Lived in the west • Would be in present day Peru, located in South America

  3. Time • Lived in the 15th and part of 16th centuries • Lived 100 years as an empire (ended in 1532)

  4. Land • Cities connected to miles of roads • Empire stretched for 2,500 miles • Farmed on mountains of ledges of flat land • Used trenches of water during the hot seasons

  5. Houses • Lived in rectangular one room houses • Made of stone blocks and mud

  6. Cities • Built 50 feet tall fortress Sacsahuman to protect Cuzo • Capital is Cuzo • Stone roads (connected to cities) Fact • One city was not destroyed by the Spanish called Machu Picchu

  7. Culture • Carved metals (gold, silver) • Build temples to the sun god (thought it would help for good crops) • Spoke Quencha (don’t have written lanuage ) • Used strings called quips as letters

  8. Food • Inca’s were farmers (agriculture) • Used sticks called lampas to help them farm • Farmed on ledges of flat land because they would farm on ledges on the mountains

  9. Clothes • Made clothes from llama and alpaca wool

  10. Messaging • Set up like a relay route (race) • Carried quips • Had quick communication

  11. Conquests • Conquered other groups by sending conquests to destroy them • Gained up to 9 million citizens • Colonies' cultures were refined by Inca empire

  12. Crime • Inca laws harsh • If you murdered, you are thrown off a cliff • If you stole, your hands were cut off • You could also be tied to a wall to freeze

  13. Other stuff • The Inca kept so many people because they wanted to have enough people to guard it • In other words to keep it safe • The Spanish conquered the Inca in 1532 100 years after the Inca had become an Empire • Machu Picchu is behind the Andes mountains and was found accidently

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