Vorlesen
In less than a century, the Inca built the largest empire of the Americas, stretching about 4,000 km along the Andes. Students explore how Tawantinsuyu was run from Cusco without money or writing, and why Machu Picchu survived.
Am Ende der Stunde können die Schüler
- Describe the size of the Inca Empire in 1500 and name its four parts.
- Explain how the mit'a labour system, storehouses and khipu kept the empire running.
- Locate Cusco and Machu Picchu and explain why Machu Picchu was not "discovered" in 1911.