Inca Civilization

• South America

• ​Andes Mountains

• Both desert and jungle

• How did the location affect their way of life?

Inca Location

• ​Quipu

  • 1-7-1-7 = emergency

• Quechua

• The Inca did not have a writing system

How did the inca communicate?

• Sapa Inca (king/ruler) ruled over the 4 provinces.

• Each province had its own government.

• Sapa Inca owned everything and made all laws.
  

• ​Only city that was never discovered and destroyed by the Spanish.

• Incas cut huge slabs of stone and fit them together to make massive buildings.

• One of the seven wonders.

• Francisco Pizarro

• What Advantages did the Spanish have over the Inca?

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Fall of the Inca Empire