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The Inca
civilization
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The Incas were
one of the most mysterious population on Earth, they had remarkable civil
engineering skills, good sense for arts and a beautiful language... But
what do you know about them?
Perhaps this is
the time to find out more about the Inca civilization, our articles are
accessible below...
It was the
World's second larges empire in the World, the biggest one in the "New
World". It flourished in the Andes until the Spanish conquest has put an
end to it.
Our article
takes a look at the Inca civilization's appearance, the birth of the Inca
Empire, the Spanish conquest, but also at the pre-Inca cultures that have
lived there.
This in-depth
article takes you back in time, presenting you a list of Inca rulers and
important information about them.
Detailed
information about the structure of government, the way the leaders ruled
and other information are also presented on this page.
We hope our page
will help you understand more how the emperors governed and who they were. Check it out...
The Incas were
polytheists, had numerous gods for just about any natural element. They
venerated two main gods, the superior god Viracocha and also the god
called Inti, which was the Sun God. Their rulers were considered persons
with special connection to the gods, were even looked at as demigods.
Let's take a
deeper look at the Inca religion and the gods in this article!
An over 22.000
km long ancient road system was put together by the Incas and part of it
can still be used today.
The remarkable
infrastructural network stretches from Ecuador down into Chile, having
most ramifications in Peru. You can hike the trail and reach the city of
Machu Picchu. But the trip is only for the strongest individuals.
See this page
for further details...
True wonders of
ancient engineering, these steps were build into the sides of mountains
and hills and in some places even into the ground in crater-like
formation.
The "andinas",
as they're called in Spanish, the stepped agricultural areas of Peru are
even today among the most productive ones of the country. You can find out
more about them in this article...
Carved into hard
rock, these waterways were so solidly put together over 5 centuries ago
that many of them are still in use today! It remains a
mystery how the Incas cut path for the water to run in these hard and
heavy stones.
With the use of
aqueducts, the Incas built no only agricultural watering facilities, but
also ponds and baths. There are wonderful water systems at Tambomachay,
Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Tipón especially.
The Inca gold
was the subject of so many myths, stories and movies. Many of them are
inspired from real Inca myths, but most of these modern-day creations are
distorted for the sake of selling them well, attracting attention...
Even so, there
are authentic myths about hidden treasures in the Andes. We know that the
Incas had all the reason the hide their valuable from the conquistadores.
But, how real can these myths be? Could there be any hidden treasures?
Incas have myths
about a lost city called Paititi. It is said that the city holds huge
amounts of treasures that were hidden from the eyes of the Spanish
conquistadores. The city is vividly described in the myth and many people
have started off to discover it, but they all fail, as we know.
There's even a
Vatican document which states that Paititi exists...
How many times
have you heard "lost this", "lost that", "hidden this", "hidden that", but
weren't they all lost at some point of the time? Machu Picchu,
Corihuayrachina, Choquequirao, Vitcos, Vilcabamba and Paititi are most
often called like this.
Many people
confuse these cities because, at some point, all of them were lost and most of them were
discovered. The only mythological one so far is Paititi... Check the
article to understand more about this city, which is said to hold
treasures.
In this article
we take a deep look at how the Spanish army led by famous conquistador
Francisco Pizarro has reached and conquered the Tahuantinsuyo (the Inca
Empire).
The article
takes a look at the beginning of the conquest, the plots, the difficult
situation in which the Incas found themselves, as well as at the effects
of the colonization.
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