All About: Impressive Incas
By P S Quick
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ALL ABOUT
IMPRESSIVE INCAS
P S Quick
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Introduction
This fantastic book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for the Incas. It gives an in-depth account of all aspects of life and people of the time - including sections about emperors, cities, religion, gods, everyday life and many more.
The ‘All About’ series is an educational collection of books from P S Quick, and is targeted to interest 7 to 11 year olds - but will fascinate readers of all ages. At the end of each book there is a quiz section for the reader, featuring 150 questions and answers.
The Incas of South America
The Incas were South American Indians who lived in the Andes Mountains and the land we know as Peru today. Their first settlement was in the Cuzco valley around 1150 AD.
The Incas created one of the largest empires in the world which only lasted for a short time before it was destroyed by the Spanish explorers who were led by Francesco Pizarro. The empire extended along the Pacific coast from Chile to the southern part of Columbia and included parts of Argentina, Bolivia, modern day Ecuador and Peru.
Much of the land was covered with mountains but this was where the Incas lived. The mountains provided the perfect protection from invasion and their peaks were worshipped as gods. To the east of the Andes was the Amazon jungle where the Incas collected many of their resources. To the west of the mountains was a large coastal desert which also helped to protect the Incas from their enemies.
The expansion of the Inca Empire
Early Civilizations
Although the land in the western part of South America was quite inhospitable many tribes lived there before the Incas. Archaeologists have found that from as early as 2000 BC people were farming the land and building small villages.
Around 900 BC a tribe known as the Chavin lived in the Mosna Valley high up in the northern Andes. They built the temple of Chavin de Huantar and carved faces of their gods on huge walls of rock.
From around 700 BC to 200 BC the Paracas civilization lived along the Peruvian coast. They were farmers who used advanced irrigation methods to water their crops. Archaeologists have discovered their network of underground tombs which contain well preserved mummies wrapped in magnificent fabrics which had been dyed and decorated. The Paracas were also skilled surgeons.
The Nazca civilization occupied the coastal plain of Southern Peru from around 200 BC to 600 AD. They were skilled craftsmen in pottery and textiles as well as what were known as Nazca lines - lines which formed the shapes of animals and birds when viewed from the air. They also built underground aqueducts known as the Puquios, many of which still bring water into the desert area today.
Entrance to Puquios aqueduct