Marveling at the Inca Goldworking and Jewelry-Making

Scientific Advancement · Maya Civilization: Calendar System: The Maya developed a highly sophisticated calendar system. · Inca Empire: Engineering ... The Incas were able to sustain their large empire and feed their population through innovative and sustainable agricultural practices. One of ... Mesoamerica. The Incas made advanced · 1. Mandatory education. The Aztec puts value on · 2. Chocolates. The Aztec in Mexico developed · 3. Antispasmodic medication ... The Spanish would later plunder this gold and build a new city in the place of Cuzco. While the Inca did not develop what we would consider a ... One of the greatest achievements of the Inca civilization was their extensive road system. ... Ironically, the Incas did not have the technology of the ... The Inca was primarily an agricultural society. Their technology included networks of roads, suspension bridges, hydraulic engineering (irrigation), record- ... For example, they designed culverts (drainage tunnels) with integrated steps to reduce the energy of the flowing water and thereby reduce road ... The Inca society had a strict hierarchy, and nail technology was used as a way to distinguish social status. ... were known to have their ... The Incas were audacious engineers, building spectacular mountain-top citadels. They developed elaborate famring terraces, sustaining their ... Bridges were built everywhere in the empire. Their suspension bridges were built using natural fibers. Indigenous people still use the same technique in remote ...