Inca: Did You Know? Poster - Machu Picchu
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Maya, Inca, and Aztec Civilizations
By Liane Hicks
The Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations are often taught in conjunction with each other, though each has their own unique culture and contributions to the world. Engage and educate students with Storyboard That premade activities!
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Answer key/student example for research project about Machu Picchu!
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- Interesting Fact #3Amazingly, Machu Picchu was constructed without the use of the wheel or large animals to carry the heavy stones. Hundreds of people used ropes and levers to move the large stones up the mountain and into place. Three sacred animals in the art and architecture are the condor, puma, and snake. These creatures represent heaven, earth, and the world of the dead.
- Interesting Fact #1Machu Picchu is located in the Andes Mountains in Peru. It was built around 1450 by the Incas for the Inca emperor Pachacuti. It was not well known to outsiders until a history professor named Hiram Bingham stumbled upon it in 1911. Some refer to it as the "lost city of the Incas" because the Spanish did not discover it when they conquered the Incas in the 1500s.
- DidYouKnow?
- DidYouKnow?
- Machu Picchu!
- Machu Picchu!
- Interesting Fact #4Today it is known as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, with about half a million visitors each year! UNESCO describes it as "among the greatest artistic, architectural, and land use achievements anywhere, and the most significant tangible legacy of the Inca civilization"
- Interesting Fact #2In Quechua, the language of the Incas, Machu Picchu means "Old Mountain". The city is on top of a mountain 8,000 feet above sea level and surrounded by cliffs. Some believe it was a religious retreat for Emperor Pachacuti. It is about 50 miles from the capital of the Empire, Cuzco. Machu Picchu had stone houses and buildings for the nobles, their staff, builders, and priests. About 1000 people lived there.
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