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7th Period 5/20/14
Read pages 196-201 of the textbook and complete Lesson 3: The Inca true/false handout
Additional handout is homework – sum/rev
When you have completed your assignment you may get your assigned laptop
Early People of South AmericaLESSON 3: THE INCA
A Vast Empire
Humans began living throughout South America at least 11,000 years ago
Some built villages that became large cities and empires
The Inca Empire was the largest in the Americas and developed in the Andes Mountains
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu – a mountaintop city in the Incan Empire believed to be a religious center
Inca Contributions
Preserved their dead using mummification
Created sundials to help with planting and harvesting crops
Built roads and suspension bridges
The Inca Legacy
Inca Empire lasted less than 100 years
Civil War broke out 1527 making the empire weak
1532 Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador, defeated the Incan army and in 1572 the last Incan emperor was killed and the empire defeated