FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE INCAS

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.