- The Inca civilization, which flourished prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus, was the most extensive and expansive cultural complex in the Americas.
- The Inca Indians created an empire high in the rugged Andes Mountains of South America. ... Yet, the Inca Indians never invented the wheel.
- The Inca built roads in the region that people still use today. Ancient Incas: Social organization. In Inca times, there was a big government.
- By about 1200 CE, the Incas had grown from a small tribe living in the Andes into an organized society united under one ruler, called “the Inca.”
- Although Inca civilization shares general features that are common in the other great ancient American civilizations, there are peculiarities that set it apart.
- The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu which can be translated as The Four Regions or The Four United Provinces.
- The Incas successfully challenged and defeated the Ayarmaca people, in a region now known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas, found just north of Cusco.
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- Key Takeaways
- The Aztecs had a hierarchical social structure, while the Incas had a more egalitarian one.
- The Aztecs practised human sacrifice, while the Incas did not.
- Incas were the leaders of the largest American empire. ... Incas called their territory Tawantinsuyu, what in Quechua, the Inca language, means The Four Parts.