Does anyone know any interesting facts about Machu Picchu or the Inca Empire?
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their main food source was potatoes, and they used llamas and alpacas to carry things.  They had roads just used to have runners carry messages to the whole empire!!\n\nI hope this helps a lot!!
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Yes, they are nations of immigrants. There is no difference.\n\nBy the way, the Incas were in what nowadays is Peru and Bolivia, not in Mexico and they were defeated by Pizarro, not Cortez.\n\nThey were many different kinds of Native Americans in Mexico when the Spaniards arrived, but the ones in control were Aztecs. The other important civilization which remains may be found in Mexico nowadays were the Mayans.
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Cuzco... that in *Quechua* (the Inca's language) means 'ombligo del mundo' (center of the world).\nOh, and Cuzco was the capital of the Inca Empire.\nIt was the center of the Inca world.
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Include the type of animals in the amazon, the plants, and the people. I would love to go to the amazon one day, so i know that it is an amazing place!!!
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1.) \na.) Since some of the major wars in the period were over Spanish and Austrian Succession, this is incorrect.\nb.) The Thirty Years War was almost completely about religion, so this is incorrect.\nc.) The wars during these centuries were bloody and far-reaching, thus this is incorrect.\nd.) This is correct - these centuries saw the return of states maintaining standing armies, and saw an increased use of firearms, which allowed unskilled fighters to be just as dangerous as the upper class (compared to knights in previous ages).\n\n2.) \na.) Habsburgs did dominate central Europe, but Germany was far from unified - incorrect.\nb.) Correct.\nc.) Correct.\nd.) Since a is incorrect, this is not correct.\ne.) This is the appropriate answer, since b and c are correct.\n\n3.) Spanish conquistadors were sending expeditions for one reason - gold and silver. (hence Pizarro's expedition for the Seven Cities of Cibola, Cortes' expedition against the Aztecs, and the subjugation of the Inca). Early Spanish colonization ended as soon as they ran into places that didn't have gold. Thus, c. is correct.
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Have you tried http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page they have info about anything.
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There's not terribly much out there on the web.  This is what I could find:\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=chibcha+%28religion%2C+god%2C+goddess%2C+myth%2C+mythology%2C+folklore%2C+folktales%29&btnG=Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=muisca+%28religion%2C+god%2C+goddess%2C+myth%2C+mythology%2C+folklore%2C+folktales%29&btnG=Search\n\nThis book is out-of-print, but there seems to be one used available on Amazon: \n"Some folk-tales of the Chibcha Nation" by Malbone W Graham\n\nThere are more (also out-of-print) books listed at Amazon if you search for "Chibcha" or "Muisca," but they are all in Spanish.
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"The stone temples constructed by the Inca used a mortarless construction process first used on a large scale by the Tiwanaku. The Inca imported the stoneworkers of the Tiwanaku region to Cusco when they conquered the lands south of Lake Titicaca. The rocks used in construction were sculpted to fit together exactly by repeatedly lowering a rock onto another and carving away any sections on the lower rock where the dust was compressed. The tight fit and the concavity on the lower rocks made them extraordinarily stable in the frequent earthquakes that strike the area. The Inca used straight walls except on important religious sites and constructed whole towns at once"
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Emperor Augustus.\n\nThe link below has plenty of interesting information on the Emperor.
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http://www.angkorwat.org/html/facts.html\nhttp://www.asiasource.org/cambodia/chandlerlegacy.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor\nI think these sites should give you all the detail you need about Angkor wat
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The Incan civilization lived in the Andes mountains of South America, from Colombia to Bolivia. They had many cities in between, most notably "Machu Pichu", in Peru. \nThey were sun worshippers.
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Here's what I could find, plus a link.  I hope it helps.\nTepeu With Gucumatz the Mayan creator deities. The Quiché, Guatemala \nToquichen The beneficent supreme being and creator is the protective governor of all things. The Araucanians of the Pampa, Argentina. \nE Alom The ”Conceiver of Children.” With E Quaholom the primordial pair of deities. The Quiché, Guatemala\nhttp://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062259/Quiche
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This link will take you to an excellent article on Machu Picchu.
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Pros - www.cia.gov\n\nCons - Any book on the 20th Century history of Chile, Iran, Iraq, Nicaragua, Panama, etc ...
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What about Mesopotamia?\nhttp://www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm\n\nor the ancient Chinese dynasties?\nhttp://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html\n\nAncient japan\nhttp://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2244.html\n\nHere's an interesting pic of an underwater pyramid they believe was built by ancient Japanese.\nhttp://www.morien-institute.org/yonaguni.html
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Here read this. This will help. It is very interesting\n\n\nhttp://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11173&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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How about...the history of small countries in Southeast Asia?  Or the pleasures of bicycling?  The Punic Wars?  Canadians' ideas about the US?  Life in Japan?  Unique wildlife of Australia?  Modern-day piracy in the Straits of Malacca?\nThat's all I can think of in 1 1/2 minutes.