Machu Picchu

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Machu Picchu is a pre Columbian Inca site located in Peru and was built in 1438 (Boundless 1). Machu Picchu was invaded by the Spanish and was seen as a small and insignificant site (Sayre 261). However, the site was very momentous and meant a lot to those within the Inca Culture. Within the Inca Culture, the Manchu Picchu is mainly used for ceremonies and was a place where residences resided. The site mainly consisted of women, their children and priest (Gray 1; Sayre 262).
The art work of the Machu Picchu displays a large place that consists of a lot of land. There are several areas on Machu Picchu that have little square and rectangle shaped buildings with no roof. Sayre states that the buildings that are displayed within the art are the stone buildings that collapsed and are terraces in a setting that was a religious retreat for the Inca ruler (261).Machu Picchu is surrounded by thousands of trees and tall hills and mountains. On the right of the art work in the middle, further to the back, is a tall mountain that is covered with green grass. The land is covered with rocks and stones that have grass all over them.
Within the Inca religion they strongly believed in numerous Gods and focused on their purpose for being on earth. There is a theory that Inca believe that a God know n as Viracocha created the earth and the humans. Some women were known as oracles who they believed to be connected with the Gods (Rosen 1). According to Rosen, they strongly believed that if they were obedient and faithful to the Gods, then their nature and society around them would be balanced (1). Compared to western Christianity culture; there is belief that God created hell and earth along with all living things. Christianity believes in worshipi...

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...elay runners to communicate and past messages across the region within less than a week (Sayre 262).

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Boundless. "Machu Picchu." Boundless. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. .
Gray, Martin . "Machu Picchu." Machu Picchu. Magic Planet Productions, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. .
"Machu Picchu." Inca Culture. Tourism Peru, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. .
Rosen , Elliot . "The Globalization of Religion." - Inca Religion. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. .
Sayre, Henry M.. "The Age of Encounter ." Discovering the humanities: culture, continuity & change. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2010. 260-262. Print.

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