Witnessing the Terracing Innovations of the Inca Civilization

The Incas were masterful at managing water resources, incorporating advanced hydraulic engineering into their agricultural terraces, urban ... Mayan civilization dates back to 2000 B.C.E. It reached its height in what is called the Classic period, from about. 300 to 900 C.E. The Aztecs and the Incas ... Machu Picchu represents the culmination of Inca public works building standards and technology, as well as 4,000 years of Andean community development. The Coricancha, called the Temple of the Sun by the Spanish, was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. ... Science and technology in society. Our earliest evidence for this ancient Inca writing system comes from the first millennium CE. Quipus became important to the rulers of the Inca Empire, who ... 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 ... Of course, the Incas weren't the only people in the ancient world to use terraced agricultural practices. But they had no idea what was going on ... The infrastructure illustrates the advanced civil, hydraulic, and geotechnical engineering capabilities of the Inca people. Machu Picchu represents the ... The Incas also cleverly devised their own accounting system. Similar to an abacus, the Incan khipu was a series of coloured ropes and alpaca/llama wool strings ... TECHNOLOGY · Machu Picchu · Quipu · Agriculture on highlands · Incan Calendar · Aqueducts · Relay Runners · Tools · Slingshot or Boleadoras.