FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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cities with large plazas
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farms with windmills
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mountain terraces for farming
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home regions designated by desert etchings
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Detailed explanation-1: -They developed resilient breeds of crops such as potatoes, quinoa and corn. They built cisterns and irrigation canals that snaked and angled down and around the mountains. And they cut terraces into the hillsides, progressively steeper, from the valleys up the slopes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The territory covered much of modern-day Peru, Ecuador, and part of Colombia. The landscape featured large open valleys, deep canyons, high plateaus, coastal valleys, and deserts, giving road builders many challenges.
Detailed explanation-3: -Terraces at Pisac. At higher elevations, Incas farmers utilized tiers of agricultural terraces to better irrigate their fields.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Incas had to create flat land to farm, since they lived in the mountains. They did this by creating terraces. Terraces were carved steps of land in the mountainside. Not only did this genius way of farming help them grow crops, it was also great for irrigation and preventing drought.