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  2. Inca agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Inca agriculture was the culmination of thousands of years of farming and herding in the high-elevation Andes mountains of South America, the coastal deserts, and the rainforests of the Amazon basin. These three radically different environments were all part of the Inca Empire (1438-1533 CE) and required different technologies for agriculture .

  3. Inca technology - Wikipedia

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    Inca's infrastructure and water supply system have been hailed as “the pinnacle of the architectural and engineering works of the Inca civilization”. [1] Major Inca centers were chosen by experts who decided the site, its apportionment, and the basic layout of the city. In many cities we see great hydraulic engineering marvels.

  4. List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of ...

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    Inca road systems – the Inca built one of the most extensive road systems in the ancient world. The Incas built upon the roads, which were originally constructed by previous Andean civilizations such as the Chimu, Nazca, Wari, Moche, and others. The Inca also further refined and expanded upon the earlier innovations and systems laid in place ...

  5. Economy of the Inca Empire - Wikipedia

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    The economy of the Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1532, was based on local traditions of "solidarity" and "mutualism", transported to an imperial scale, [1] and established an economic structure that allowed for substantial agricultural production as well as the exchange of products between communities.

  6. Andén - Wikipedia

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    During the Inca Empire (1438–1533 CE) the technology and the quantity of land devoted to andenes reached their highest levels. Archaeologists estimate that andenes covered about 1,000,000 hectares (2,500,000 acres) of land [5] and contributed substantially to feeding the approximately ten million people ruled by the Incas. [6] [a]

  7. Agricultural history of Peru - Wikipedia

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    The Inca were a mountain-based culture that expanded when the climate became wetter, often sending conquered peoples down from the mountains into fallow but farmable lowlands. In contrast, the Moche were a lowland culture that died out after a strong El Niño , which caused abnormally high rainfall and floods followed by a long drought .

  8. ‘The Crossing’ by Huffington Post

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    Watch firsthand, in 360 video, as Susan Sarandon listens and learns about refugees' hopes, dreams and journeys

  9. Terrace (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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    In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming. This type of landscaping is therefore called terracing. Graduated terrace steps are commonly used to farm on hilly or mountainous terrain.