The Inka were master farmers, builders, and planners. Living in the Andes Mountains, they farmed and built on steep slopes. In the Andes, water can be a destructive, unpredictable force. The Inka controlled water through careful study and engineering. From terraces for farming to royal palaces, the Inka built things to last. Learn how their ancient inventions are helping modern-day engineers develop solutions to modern-day problems with this fascinating...

A new translation and introduction to an invaluable source of information on the last and largest empire to develop in the indigenous Americas.   The History of the Incas may be the best description of Inca life and mythology to survive Spanish colonization of Peru. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, a well-educated sea captain and cosmographer of the viceroyalty, wrote the document in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, just forty years after the...

Los incas -fundadores de uno de los imperios más grandes de todos los tiempos, Tahuantinsuyu, que ocupaba un territorio de más de 4.000 km de longitud sobre la costa de Sudamérica y agrupaba a aproximadamente doce millones de habitantes- reinaron durante cientos de años antes de que su organización sucumbiera a principios del siglo xvi. La civilización inca fue excepcionalmente rica y brillante, llena de fervor espiritual en todos los instantes...

Essential to understand Inca culture in all its aspects: origin, economy, social organization, religion and art. This is an introduction to life in the Tawantinsuyo, which is opposite to the versions provided by Spanish historians, whom imposed their occidental interpretation to a very Franklin Pease, well-known Peruvian historian, dedicated his entire life to study Inca civilization. In The Incas, Peruvian historian Franklin Pease explores all aspects...

Readers will be fascinated by the incredible Incas, where at the height of their development, they were 12 million people from more than 100 different ethnic groups. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.

Une abeille solitaire et douée rencontre trois chiens et un lapin, chacun possédant des talents exceptionnels. Ces canidés, originaires de France, sont dépêchés en mission secrète en Amérique du Sud pour retrouver les morceaux d'une statuette enfouis sur le territoire inca. Cependant, l'information parvient à un homme avide de richesse qui, confronté aux talents de nos héros, dont le précieux don de l'abeille, engage une course effrénée...

One of G.A Henty's most acclaimed historical novels, set in Peru in search of her hidden treasures. This makes for a stirring story of adventure in his most engaging style. In an effort to win the girl of his heart, the hero penetrates into the wilds of the land of the Incas.

Ancient Civilizations: Aztecs, Maya, Incas! With 25 Social Studies Projects for Kids takes kids on a guided tour to experience the history, culture, economics, and daily life of the Aztecs, Maya, and Incas. Explore the three sophisticated ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica through hands-on projects, essential questions, fascinating facts about what these people ate, how they worked, and what they invented, and lots of links to online primary sources...

Alonso descubre el maravilloso territorio de Perú. Junto con Maita, su nuevo amigo inca, intenta recuperar el bastón del curaca, que ha sido robado al padre de Maita y que es fundamental para su poder.

Análisis del funcionamiento del poder de los Incas, en el que se cuestiona la existencia de las panacas incaicas, si el Imperio funcionó como una monarquía o como una diarquía y si el inca era todopoderoso, entre otros argumentos. ¿Existieron realmente las panacas incaicas o fueron una invención de los historiadores de principios del siglo XX? ¿Los incas funcionaron como una monarquía o como una diarquía? ¿Fue el inca todo poderoso? Estas...