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Incas SEE ALSO
▸ ▸ Aztecs p.35
▸ ▸ Crafts p.75
The Inca people lived in the mountains along the west ▸ ▸ Farming p.98
coast of South America. Between 1438 and 1532 ce, their ▸ ▸ Maya p.158
wealthy empire was the largest in the world. Society was ▸ ▸ Gold pp.200–201
well organized and everyone knew their place. ▸ ▸ South America
p.236
The ancient Inca city
Inca society of Machu Picchu
sits in the Andes
At the head of Inca society Mountains, in Peru.
was an emperor called Sapa
Inca, meaning “Great Inca.”
Most people were peasant
farmers who worked for
the emperor and in
return were given
food and housing.
Sun god
This gold disk shows Inti,
the Inca god of the sun.
The Sapa Inca Every year the Incas held a
was treated
like a god. He was nine-day festival of eating,
carried in a chair drinking, and sacrifice to
by servants. honor the sun god.
Inca crafts
Houses were
made of stone and The Incas made sacred
had thatched roofs. objects from gold and silver
Everybody had to be used in temples.
to bow down to Craft workers also made
the Sabu Inca. fine pieces from clay,
leather, and feathers.
Farmers
planted
potatoes.
Llamas were
used for carrying Maize, or corn, was
goods and for their wool. an important food. Gold llama
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