Compare And Contrast Inca And Incan Civilization

The mayans, incas, and aztecs were some of the most known civilizations in history. While these civilizations achieved great deals of things, one empire flourished more than the others. The people of this civilization were called The Incas. The Incas were better than the other civilizations, because they had an advanced farming system, had unique buildings that are still standing today, and settled across 2,500 miles of mountainous South America.

The Incas had inhabited present day Quito, Ecuador south to Santiago, and Chile, which happen to be extremely mountainous part of South America. The empire experienced four climate zones, making their diet diverse. They were mostly vegetarians, because meat was rare. At times, they would add meat or seafood if they could gather any. Yet, the Inca civilization had still found a way to efficiently farm by cutting terraces into the mountain. The terraces get steeper going down, so when it rained it would go down the mountain and water all of

Numerous tourists have visited and experienced this amazing Incan citadel, filled with architecture that is no longer used today. According to an article, “About 5.000 people must have worked to build Machu Picchu,” but can only hold 750-1,000 inhabitants. Most of what they built were houses and a couple temples, using what they had. The Incans used pillow faced technique. They would fire adobe brick, shape sand and large rocks, coat them with mud, then put them together like a jigsaw puzzle. While the Incans were using pillow faced technique, the Mayans were building pyramid temples on flat land. Like the Mayans, the Aztecs were building pyramids, but they covered their buildings with intricate drawings. However, the Inca empire was very unique and decided to use the pillow faced technique on mountains. Building their homes on a mountain was very beneficial for them, because they gained