FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE INCAS
Added on: 21st Jan 2016
THE KESHWA CHACA, NEAR HUINCHIRI, PERU.
IT HAS BEEN REBUILT EVERY YEAR FOR THE
PAST 500 YEARS.
ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER DISCOVERED IRON OR THE
WHEEL, THEY WERE MASTERS OF FIBRE.
BESIDES SUSPENSION BRIDGES THEY EVEN
BUILT SHIPS OUT OF IT!
MACHU PICCHU WAS SO HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS
THAT IT WASN'T DISCOVERED UNTIL 1911
THE INCAS HAD A VERY CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY
WHERE FARMERS WERE BASICALLY TOLD HOW MUCH
OF WHAT TO PRODUCE. AND EVERY MALE WAS
ESSENTIALLY A SOLDIER/FARMER
MALES HAD TO MARRY AT 20 OR ELSE A WIFE WOULD
BE CHOSEN FOR THEM. THEY COULD ONLY HAVE
ONE WIFE BUT THE LEADERS WERE ALLOWED
TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE
THE INCAS TESTED THEIR KIDS TO SEE WHETHER
THEY SHOULD GO ON TO LEARN A TRADE OR IF
THEY SHOULD BECOME ADMINISTRATORS AND
UPPER CLASS NOBILITY
GRILLED GUINEA PIG WAS CONSIDERED A DELICACY
AND IS STILL EATEN IN MANY PARTS OF PERU TODAY
THE INCAN EMPIRE WAS DEFEATED IN 1532 BY
FRANCISCO PIZARRO AND 180 MEN. HE AMBUSHED
ATAHUALPA (THE LEADER OF THE INCA) AND SEVERAL
THOUSAND OF HIS MEN. THE FIGHT WAS OVER IN
LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES.
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