FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATION
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The Maya
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The Aztec
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The Inca
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Learn about the history and purpose of the quipu, with insights from anthropologist and best-selling author of The Last Days of the Incas Kim MacQuarrie. Quipus, or talking knots, were record-keeping devices for ancient Andean civilizations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Incas may not have bequeathed any written records, but they did have colourful knotted cords. Each of these devices was called a khipu (pronounced key-poo). We know these intricate cords to be an abacus-like system for recording numbers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Inca developed a system of recording information called quipu that is unique among ancient forms of writing. The fascinating ancient Inca writing device of quipu was used by various cultures in Andean South America.
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.