Inca

Machu Picchu is a beautiful place to come and visit. The breathtaking setting to the old architecture in the middle of the Andes mountains is marvelous. The untouched artifacts and the finest quality Inca houses that were built ages ago just adds on to the other magnificent scenery there. A lot of known and unknown facts have been left there waiting for someone to find them which Hiram Bingham did in 1911. Here is many different ways Machu Picchu is a cool place just to visit and explore. The…

Picchu is often believed to be the ruins of Vilcabamba, the last capital of the Inca civilization. By the time Mr. Bingham stumbled upon this historical treasure, people had been trying to find the location of Vilcabamba or Vitcos for 400 years! Vilcabamba was the secret hiding place of Manco II when he fled the Spanish Conquest in 1535. Machu Picchu is believed by many to be the ruins of Vitcos. Machu Picchu is…

when Hiram Bingham pushed aside a tangle undergrowth and just stared. According to the text, “Bingham was not the first white man to examine the Inca civilization. After its takeover by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro in the 1530s, men like Pedro Cieza de Leon, a soldier, and Father Bernabe cobo, a Jesuit missionary, recorded their impressions of Inca rituals, social structure, and engineering.” This city was a secret stronghold built by Manco II after he left the Spanish conquest in…

Peru is located in the western part of South America bordering the South Pacific Ocean and is between Chile and Ecuador. Peru is positioned both in the western and southern hemispheres. Peru is the third largest country in South America being after Brazil and Argentina. Many people live along the Coast where Lima is located. Peru’s capital city is Lima and is located on the Pacific coast. Lima lies on an axis of instability causing seismic activity to be common. Light earthquakes called…

created to only be a image of the person in the painting, but also to convey information about their life and their accomplishments. One of the most notable examples of this type of painting is the Portrait of Marcos Chiguan Thopa Coronilla Inca. Marcos, a royal Inca descendant is portrayed standing very similar to the posture of the Viceroys next to table and a engraved stone. By reading the stone, the observer can gather many pieces of information about Marcos. Marcos was awarded the position…

Society and Culture The society of the Inca Empire was based on two classes: the ruling class and the peasants. The emperor was referred to as ‘Inca’ or ‘Sapa Inca’. His meals were served from golden dishes. The Inca never wore one cloth twice. The noblemen hailed from the capital Cusco, and they aided the emperor in governance. Most inhabitants were farmers (Andrushko et al. 2006: 63). They produced their food and clothes. The major crops grown were tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and squash. The…

Puebloan tribes and the Incas lived their lives with their kind of technology. In source one, the author, Robin Chalmer, talks about Mesa Verde, located in Colorado, and the kind of life led there by cliff dwellers. In source two, the publisher, National Geographic, talks briefly about the national park Mesa Verde is home to before discussing about the artifacts and the items the Pueblo people used a long time ago. In source three, the author, Kathryn Hinds, talks about the ancient Incas and…

visitors. Peru’s location allows the country to have great weather year round. It is a great place to go on for a vacation. Places like Cusco and Machu Picchu are just two of the many great achievements of the ancient Inca civilization but architecture isn’t the only thing that the Incas did. There culture was the basis of the family values that are present in Peru today. Peru is a country that is seen as a poverty country, mainly because some of the big cities like Lima have a higher…

and Pompeii are the place that I recommend to go if you want to travel because of history. Machu Picchu or also called the "Lost City of the Incas" is located on the mountain in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machu Picchu District in Peru. We believe that it was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti. Machu Picchu is also an icon of Inca civilization. After they built up the Machu Picchu around the century later at the time of Spanish Conquest, it has remained unknown to the…

Integration and the Arrival of the Inca consisted of the Incas advancing from Peru into Ecuador. This sparked a long period of conflict between native tribes and the Incas. Under Pachacuti, the Incas began the conquest of Ecuador in the 15th century. Other notable tribes during this period include the Shyris and Caras who made up the Kingdom of Quito, now the present-day capital of Ecuador. These peoples were militarily weak, and were eventually conquered by the Incas. However, there…