FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
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Had a special irrigation system that allowed them to water them even with the high altitude
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They threw water down the mountain
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They didn’t water the crops
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They didn’t plant crops but traded for food.
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Detailed explanation-1: -They built cisterns and irrigation canals that snaked and angled down and around the mountains.
Detailed explanation-2: -The impressive aqueduct system of the Incan empire functioned to irrigate agricultural terraces and bring fresh drinking water into the cities. The aqueducts, often build on the sides of mountains, collected water from the mountains for distribution elsewhere. The same aqueducts are still used extensively today.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -At higher elevations, Incas farmers utilized tiers of agricultural terraces to better irrigate their fields. The Terraces at Pisac in the sacred valley of the Incas, in Peru, is an example of this.
Detailed explanation-5: -The complementation of terracing with the irrigation system had allowed the Inca to reclaim much of the slopes of the Andes for crop cultivation. In addition, terraces along the different altitudes created “microclimates” in which different species most suitable to each niche can flourish.