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Around this time people in the region began farming. They grew potatoes, corn, cotton, and other crops. They also started forming villages. The Chavin civilization begins to form in the northern Andes highlands. The Paracas civilization begins to form.
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Nazca civilization begins to flourish. The Nazca are known for their complex textiles and ceramics. They are also famous for the Nazca Lines drawn in the desert floor.
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The Paracas civilization collapses. The Huari civilization begins to form in the area. These lines from the shapes of large animals when viewed from the air.
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The Inca led by Manco Capac migrate to the south Latin America & made a discovery about the Cuzco valley. Also in the 1110 CE, they also discovered the Andes mountains. They also made their cities on the Andes mountains.
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The Inca first appeared in this short time period in what is now southern Peru. It says that in some myths the Incas were created by the sun god. After the sun gods, firstborn was old enough to fight he killed some of his siblings.
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the Incas spread their lands & believed in the Inca sun-god (Apu-Punchau) he was once believed to be an Inca ancestor. The Incas had a type of postal system where relay messengers ran across rope bridges to deliver communications to the next team. Messengers lived in pairs, with one person sleeping and the other on alert for messages. The Incas used a system of knotted and colored strings, a ‘quipu’ for records, math, and language.
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Inca leader Viracocha retreated to the military outpost while his son defended his dad. Taking the title of Pachacuti, Inca Yupanqui became one of the Inca’s best rulers. His military guards extended the kingdom to the southern end of the Titicaca Basin
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The Inca started expanding lands and their cities. Once they started doing this there was a battle against another religion to capture the body of their ancestor’s. As they fought the other tribe finally gave up gave and scaterd.
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Known as Tawantinsuyu, the Inca state spanned the distance of northern Ecuador to central Chile. Good agricultural and roadway systems, along with a centralized religion and language. Besides their power, the Inca were quickly overwhelmed by the diseases and superior weaponry of Spanish invaders.
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The Inca Empire was a good empire that took responsibilities to his own hands. In the Andean region of South America from the early 15th century A.D. up until its conquest by the Spanish in the 1530s. The Inca spirit animal is a llama.
