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The Great Inca Road was a road that stretched over 20000 miles connecting the entire empire.
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The Mayan, Inca, and the Aztec Empires.
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The Maya mostly traded salt and items such as rubber, dyes, and tobacco. The Aztecs mainly traded precious metals such as gold and jade. The Inca traded precious metals as well, but they also traded the cocoa leaf.
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Turquoise mosaics from Mexico have been found in the Mayan Empire.
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The Great Inca Road stretched over 20,000 miles long and cut through the Andes Mountains. The Maya made their trade routes on the coast on the Yucatan peninsula. The Aztec Empire was located in Central America. Its capital was located in what is now modern day Mexico City.
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These trade routes were active between 600 - 1450 CE, before Spain invaded.
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The reason why the South American trade stands as a historical event is because the three empires were able to create roads that have been able to survive for hundreds of years, and are still surviving to this day.
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They created their roads out of paved stones or cobbles using only wooden, stone, and bronze tools to create them.
