Exploring the Inca's Technological Legacy A Journey of Discovery

The Inca, however, didn't have a lot of basic technologies we often consider important to advanced societies. They didn't use the wheel for transport, they didn ... The Inca state was also supported by a complex bureaucracy, which included a system of record-keeping known as the quipu, as well as a system of ... They traveled by boat and landed in what was then known as Tahuantinsuyu, the “Land of the Four. Quarters,” known to us as the Inca Empire. When Pizarro and his ... The Inca, however, didn't have a lot of basic technologies we often consider important to advanced societies. They didn't use the wheel for transport. They didn ... Inca technology · Contents · Hydraulic engineering · Machu Picchu · Terraces · Freeze-drying · Burning mirror · Pathway systems · References. The Inca was primarily an agricultural society. Their technology included networks of roads, suspension bridges, hydraulic engineering (irrigation), record- ... Inca technology and architecture were highly developed, although not strikingly original. Their irrigation systems, palaces, temples, and ... An extensive road system — over 10,000 miles long — allowed goods to flow across the empire. Llamas were used as pack animals to reach areas ... And yet the real achievement of Inca engineers was putting the high in highway, with sections of the road running at 10,000, even 16,000 feet. Their ideal road ... The Inca utilized a complex recording system to keep track of the administration of the empire. Quipus (also spelled khipus) were colorful bunches of knotted ...