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    Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas
    Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas
    Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas
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    Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas

    By Mark Smith

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    Discover The Largest Empire In The Americas!



    Have you always wanted to learn about the great Inca Empire, but your schoolteachers refuse to listen? Are you confused between Inca, Aztec, and Maya? Do you want to learn how the Inca people were unique from their Mesoamerican predecessors? Could you even draw the Inca Empire on a map?



    All this and more will be covered within the pages of Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas.



    Their history is a relatively short, but vibrant and dynamic story with an ending so tragic, your favorite fantasy author couldn't have come up with it himself. So little is taught of the native cultures of the Western Hemisphere in schools today, as curriculums lean on the exploits of Rome and Britain.



    If you've always wanted to learn more about the great people that once ruled the mountains of Peru and Chile, this is the book for you. If you're tired of reading about stuffy old white men, this is the book for you. If you're interested in history but have a hard time understanding the textbooks, this is the book for you! This simple but comprehensive look takes you across the Inca Empire from beginning to end. Everything you need to know about those great people is right past the front page.



    From its founding in the 1300s, the Inca Empire lasted roughly twelve generations. In just that time, it accomplished what other civilizations took centuries to achieve. Learn about the effective expansionist policy of the Inca, and how they maximized profits by leaning on clever marketing tactics instead of war.



    Learn how downfall came at the hands of the Spanish conquerors, who came with guns and steel and plague. Like the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, the invaders were an extinction-level event that the Inca had no way of preparing for. See how unmatched they were in strategy, technology, and how their far superior numbers meant nothing in the end.



    Learn what remains of their great civilization, what influence they had over the following course of history and See how they even had an effect on the soda you drink...



    Inside you will find:



    • How an empire grew from such humble, and hostile, beginnings
    • The geographic location of the Empire
    • The incredible natural odds the Incan people overcame
    • Society, government, and other everyday practices
    • An in-depth look at the Incan gods
    • The terrible Civil War
    • The Conquistadors
    • And more…


    So click 'Add to Cart' and begin your journey into the past. By the time you've finished, you'll be booking that trip to Machu Picchu you've always wanted. And what's more, you will be going armed with knowledge and respect of the great people who built the city, and who once ruled the mountains like gods.



    Don't wait another moment to enjoy from this information – Get your copy of Incas right away!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Williams
    Release dateAug 19, 2018
    Incas: A Comprehensive Look at the Largest Empire in the Americas
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    Mark Smith

    Hi! I'm Mark. 43, Married and father of three. I'm not an author, but I play one on Smashwords. And yes- Hawk is my real middle name given at birth.

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      Incas - Mark Smith

      Conclusion

      Introduction

      When the conversation begins about the great civilizations of the Americas, there are three general that come to mind: the Mayans, the Aztecs, and the Incas. But while the Mayans and the Aztecs were similar in their cultures and geographically very close together, the Inca Empire was separate both by land and social structure. Because of these assumptions made, much of what is ‘known’ about the Inca Empire is actually misattributed from these perceived connections.

      The Inca Empire covered the Andes mountain range in South America, covering today what is Peru and Chile. They flourished for over 200 years, quickly becoming the largest and most powerful region in the Americas before their potential was tragically cut short by the invading Spaniards. Today, not much remains of the great Inca but ruins of their cities and whispers of their legacy.

      Or, is there? After all, just because your high school history class never talked about it, doesn’t mean the information isn’t out there. In fact, we have more knowledge pertaining to the Inca Empire than we do on either the Mayans or the Aztecs, perhaps even combined.

      In the following pages, you will learn all you need to know to shock friends and family with your knowledge of Inca culture and history. From the foundations of their empire to their impractical geological location, and how they managed to flourish despite the odds. Customs and social structure, government and politics, and the lives of citizens. Religion and warfare. Everything culminating with the Inca’s downfall at the hands of Columbus and his disease-ridden, death-mongering conquerors.

      In fact, by the time you’ve finished this book, you may be ready to school your teachers.

      Chapter 1: Seeds of an Empire

      The Inca Empire did not actually form until sometime in the 1200s, making it younger than the University of Oxford. However, this does not mean that the area was uninhabited or entirely primitive. The indigenous people of the Andes mountain range lived for thousands of years prior to this, untouched and undisturbed.

      Scholars referred to these people as ‘pristine,’ meaning they were untouched by any neighboring indigenous people. The Andeans developed their own languages and ways of communication. The primary language used was Quechua, which would later go on to be the official language of the Incan Empire. Notably, the Andeans had no written language. Nor were they an oral society, like most other American indigenous groups. Instead, information was conveyed through something called the ‘quipu,’ a series of intricately knotted and color-coded strings. Fascinating though they are, there are few left in existence, and no one has ever been able to decipher a quipu. Whatever information is recorded in those strings, we will likely never know.

      Andean people are also notable for never developing the wheel. The rocky, uneven terrain of their homeland makes this development understandable, however, as a wheel could prove anything from a hindrance to useless. Instead, Andeans used llamas as pack animals, and before the empire, they rarely traveled.

      An impact the Andean civilizations had that lasted through the Incan Empire was their lack of currency. Instead, they existed on a system of reciprocity, distributing goods and services in exchange for labor.

      The Tiwanaku

      In Bolivia, where the city-state of Tiwanaku was situated, a civilization lasted hundreds of years and predated the Incas by almost two centuries. Ranging from about 300-1150 CE, they expanded their reach through politics and trade, but their downfall came at the hands of climate change, as was so often the case in such an area.

      The Wari

      Neighbors of the Tiwanaku, the Wari civilization formed around 600 BCE. A wealthy people, with its own administrative structure, they co-existed peacefully with the Tiwanaku for centuries. The Wari civilization lasted until the same climate change caused their crops to fail, and their power structures began to crumble. In the time that passed after those two small empires saw their fall, a new power was beginning to grow.

      Kingdom of Cusco

      The semi-legendary figure of Manco Capac began life as a nomad, a wanderer of the mountains. With his small tribe, he found the Huatanay valley high in the Andes. The area was only mildly settled by other small tribes, and so Manco Capac settled his family and turned the area into the city we know as Cusco.

      Because of the lack of written records, it’s hard

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