USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Incan Empire was linked together by-
A
rivers
B
qanats
C
roads
D
canals
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Inca roads covered over 40, 000 km (25, 000 miles), principally in two main highways running north to south across the Inca Empire, which eventually spread over ancient Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. One highway ran down the coast, and the other wound through the highlands.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The Inca constructed a massive road system to link their empire together. Even though the Inca did not use wheeled vehicles and their empire was located in some of the more inhospitable regions of the Andes Mountains, their empire was highly integrated and connected.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although the Inca roads varied greatly in scale, construction and appearance, for the most part they varied between about one and four meters in width. “Much of the system was the result of the Incas claiming exclusive right over numerous traditional routes, some of which had been built centuries earlier.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Incas built causeways to elevate the roads in swampy areas. They also built amazing bridges, which they called chacas. The hanging bridges are the most famous of the Incan chacas. One Incan bridge was over 250 feet long.

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