Incan Empire facts
While investigating facts about Inca Empire and Inca Empire Map, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The Incans, despite having a large empire, had no currency and no merchant class; citizens paid the government with labor and received necessities in return
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Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incan Empire, literally means bellybutton as the incas thought their capital to be "the bellybutton of the world".
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In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what led to the downfall of the inca empire. Here are 9 of the best facts about Inca Empire Facts and Inca Empire Timeline I managed to collect.
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Hernando de Soto was instrumental in conquering Peru and its capital the Incan Empire of Cuzco.
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The Spanish conquered the Incas a year after a brutal Inca civil war which greatly weakened the Incan Empire
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Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztec Empire, and Francisco Pizarro, who led the conquest of the Incan Empire, were second cousins
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While Spanish conquistadors marauded South America and the Incan Empire for gold and silver, historians believe the real treasure of the Andes was the potato
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Cortés killed the last king of the Aztec empire, and his cousin Pizarro killed the last king of the Incan empire.
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The World Altitude Record was a record for the highest elevation achieved by mankind. It was thought to be broken in the 1860s when Europeans climbed Llullaillaco in South America, only to find the remains of 3 children sacrificed by the Incan Empire, rendering all previous records invalid.
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Quechua, the ancient language of the Incan Empire, appears in the Star Wars Universe. LucasArts sound designer Ben Burtt created Jabba the Hutt's speech by listening to a Quechua language learning tape, using many of the words to create "Huttese".
