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    14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu: Educational Version
    14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu: Educational Version
    14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu: Educational Version
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    14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu: Educational Version

    By Jeannie Meekins

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    Machu Picchu is one of the few surviving ruins of the Inca Empire. It is situated in tropical forests on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains. It stretches five miles across a ridge and sits on top of two earthquake fault lines.
    The Spanish invaded South America looking for gold. They killed the Inca people. They destroyed their cities, but they never found Machu Picchu.
    How much do you know about this Inca treasure?
    How many years was Machu Picchu inhabited?
    How do the walls of Machu Picchu "dance"?
    Who really discovered Machu Picchu?
    Where does Machu Picchu get its water?
    Find out more about this famed ancient city and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.
    Ages 8 and up. All measurements in American and metric.
    Reading Level: 6.7
    Educational Versions contain exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.
    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateJan 16, 2015
    ISBN9781310208980
    14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu: Educational Version
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    Jeannie Meekins

    Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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      14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu - Jeannie Meekins

      14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

      MACHU PICCHU

      By Jeannie Meekins

      A LearningIsland.com

      15 - Minute Book

      For my son, John, who wanted me to write this book.

      Editor: Jennifer Robinson

      Title page picture by ShashiBellamkonda (www.shashi.name)

      Smashwords Edition

      (c) Copyright 2014 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.

      Published by LearningIsland.com

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy from any of several online e-book stores. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      14 Fun Facts About Machu Picchu / Jeannie Meekins

      Summary: A brief look at Machu Picchu and some fun facts about this ancient Inca site.

      1. Machu Picchu. Juvenile Literature. 2. Inca. Juvenile Literature.

      Words: 2615

      Reading Level: 6.7

      Ages 9 and up.

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      14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

      MACHU PICCHU

      Machu Picchu is one of the few surviving ruins of the Inca Empire. It is situated in tropical forests on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains. It stretches five miles across a ridge and sits on top of two earthquake fault lines.

      The Spanish invaded South America looking for gold. They killed the Inca people. They destroyed their cities, but they never found Machu Picchu.

      Here are some fun facts about this Inca treasure.

      (Jimmy Harris)

      Fact 1: Machu Picchu is about 550 years old.

      We don’t know exactly when Machu Picchu was built. The Incas didn’t have a written language, so there is no record of when, how or why Machu Picchu was built. We can only guess, based on Inca

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