FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
Question
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potatoes
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squash
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beans
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corn
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Inca Food & Drink The Inca diet, for ordinary people, was largely vegetarian as meat-camelid, duck, guinea-pig, and wild game such as deer and the vizcacha rodent-was so valuable as to be reserved only for special occasions. More common was freeze-dried meat (ch’arki), which was a popular food when travelling.
Detailed explanation-2: -Quinoa was the mother grain of the Incas and together with the three sisters: corn, squash and beans and other crops including potatoes, they had a varied diet. Chenopodium quinoa (keen-wa; Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae) is known as the mother grain of the Incas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three principal crops that the Inca’s lived on were quinoa, potatoes and corn, although they used many other plants for medicinal purposes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Famed for their unique art and architecture, they constructed finely-built and imposing buildings wherever they conquered, and their spectacular adaptation of natural landscapes with terracing, highways, and mountaintop settlements continues to impress modern visitors at such world-famous sites as Machu Picchu.