Location

• Developed in the Andes Mountains

Modern-day countries include

• Primarily Peru and northern Chile• Smaller areas in southern Colombia,

Ecuador, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina

Important Cities

• Cuzco, capital• Machu Picchu

Government

• Ruled by an emperor with absolute power

• Direct rule– Government arranged marriage.– Citizens must have passes for travel.– Government controlled harvest.– Conquered people were forced to adopt

Incan ways.

Economy

• Based on high-altitude agriculture (potatoes, beans, squash, peanut, cotton, llamas, guinea pigs, and alpacas)

• Use of terrace-farms

Religion

• Polytheism• Chief god, the sun god

Achievements

• Kept records on quipus, a system of knotted strings

• Demonstrated themselves to be superb engineers

• Created vast network of roads linking entire empire