FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
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Wheel, horses and wool.
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Llamas, the Andes Mountains, alpaca and vicuña.
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Chocolate, gold and silver.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Incas had no cows, sheep, pigs, chickens or goats. Their only domesticated animals were llamas, alpacas and guinea pigs. This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god.
Detailed explanation-2: -Treasured by the ancient Inca civilisation, their fine fleeces were reserved for Incan royalty. Together with their close relatives, the llamas, alpacas provided clothing, food, fuel and, no doubt, companionship as domesticated animals high in the altiplano of Peru, Chile and Bolivia.
Detailed explanation-3: -A camel lineage Male llamas are bred with female alpacas to increase the wool’s weight. These animals were important to the economy of the Incan Empire, which flourished in Peru from about A.D. 1400 to 1533. Incas used their wool to make fabric, which doubled as a form of currency.
Detailed explanation-4: -With an estimated 3.1 million llamas and alpacas in Bolivia, the South American country counts more of the coarse-haired mammals than any other nation in the world, relying on it to haul goods up steep mountainsides, provide meat, wool and leather.