Los incas escrito en inglés

1. The Incredible
Incas:
Children of
the Sun

2. WHO WERE THE
INCAS?The Incas were a small tribe of South
American Indians who lived in the city of
Cuzco, high in the Andes Mountains of
Peru. Around 1400 CE, a neighboring
tribe attacked the Incas, but the Incas
won. This was the beginning of the Inca
Empire.
In only 100 years, the Inca Empire grew so
big that it expanded into what are now the
modern countries of Ecuador, Peru, Chile,
Bolivia and Argentina.

3. INCA GOVERNMENT
One thing that helped the Incas grow so rapidly
was their system of a strong central
government. Everybody worked for the state,
and in turn the state looked after everybody.
Sapa Inca: The head of government was the
Inca, sometimes called the “Sapa Inca” (“the
Only Inca”). The Sapa Inca was all-powerful.
Everything belonged to the Sapa Inca. He
ruled his people by putting his relatives in
positions of power. Since punishment was
harsh and swift, almost no one broke the law.

4. GEOGRAPHY
Another thing that helped the Inca
Empire grow so rapidly was its
geography. The empire had three
main geographical regions:
Each was a natural barrier. The Incas made their
home between the jungle and the desert, high in
the Andes Mountains of South America.
1. The Andes Mountains
2. The Amazon jungle
3. The coastal desert

5. INCA ROADS
High in the Andes Mountains, the Incas
connected their empire with 14,000
miles of well-built roads. Some
sections of road were over 24 feet
wide. Some were even paved. Some
roads were so steep that the Incas built
stone walls along the edge to prevent
people from falling off the cliff.
The roads belonged to the
government. No one could travel the
roads without special permission.

6. INCA ROADS
High in the Andes Mountains, the Incas
connected their empire with 14,000
miles of well-built roads. Some
sections of road were over 24 feet
wide. Some were even paved. Some
roads were so steep that the Incas built
stone walls along the edge to prevent
people from falling off the cliff.
The roads belonged to the
government. No one could travel the
roads without special permission.