The Incas
⭐ MasteredThe Inca Empire stretched along the Andes in South America. They built mountain roads and the city of Machu Picchu, and they kept records with knotted strings called quipu.
Inca roads stretched for over 30,000 km.
All about The Incas
The Inca Empire was the largest empire in South America before the Spanish arrived. It stretched along the Andes Mountains, from modern-day Ecuador to Chile, and was ruled from Cusco in Peru.
The Incas built a network of roads across mountains, terraced farms on steep slopes and cities such as Machu Picchu. They did not have writing in the usual sense, so they used quipu, knotted strings, to record numbers and information.
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Real-life uses of The Incas
- Understanding how an empire was run without written language
- Learning about mountain farming and terracing
- Exploring Machu Picchu and Inca architecture
Frequently asked questions about The Incas
What is quipu?
A set of knotted coloured strings used by the Incas to keep records, especially numbers for taxes and population.
Who built Machu Picchu?
The Incas built it in the mid-1400s, probably as a royal estate, and it was abandoned around a century later.
What language did the Incas speak?
Quechua, which is still spoken by millions of people in the Andes today.