FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Maya
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Aztec
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Inca
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Olmec
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Incas built roads across the length of and width of their empire. To create routes through steep mountain ranges, they carved staircases and gouged tunnels out of rock. They also built suspension bridges over rivers. Thick rope cables were anchored at stone towers on either side of the river.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Incas used the road system for a variety of reasons, from transportation for people who were traveling through the Empire to military and religious purposes.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians believe Machu Picchu was built at the height of the Inca Empire, which dominated western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Incas were master builders. They constructed thousands of miles of roads to link all parts of their vast empire.