incas

The Inca civilization flourished in South America.

Inca architecture is known for its impressive stone masonry.

Machu Picchu is a famous Inca archaeological site.

The Inca Trail is a popular hiking route in Peru.

Inca rulers were believed to be descendants of the sun god.

Inca textiles were highly prized for their intricate designs.

The Inca Empire stretched across a vast territory.

Inca society was organized into a hierarchical structure.

Inca rituals often involved offerings to the gods.

Inca agriculture relied heavily on terrace farming techniques.

And then absorbed by the Inca.

Just over 100 years after its construction, the Inca city in the clouds began to be deserted.

Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century by the Inca people.

Machu Pichu is the ruins of a city that was built by the Inca People.

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire.

There were some battles, mostly between the Spanish and Inca armies during the conquest of Peru.

Although the Inca had no written language, the city they built was well-planned and very sophisticated.

Pachacuti expanded Inca rule throughout the Andes mountains, transforming the kingdom into an empire through extensive reforms.

Yet within 100 years of its rise in the fifteenth century, the Inca Empire would be no more.

And the Inca, Aztec, Maya, and Olmec cultures all built pyramid-like structures for royal burials and for their deities.