The Inca

The Inca

The Inca 1By: Isabella Morasco1Inca Houses Lived in simple houses only 1 main room very little furniture made out of blocks and mud

Inca Clothing Made clothes from woolCotton was preferred Alpaca wool was worn by normal people Nobles wear silky vicuna woolSimple clothing Men would wear loin clothes Made sandals w/ the leather from llama Clothes were just a garment wrapped around the body

3Machu Picchu It is high up in the Andes Mountains City was never seen Built on many levelsBuilt at the end of the 15th century Had temples, courtyard, houses, stairway, and fountains No one lived there for hundreds of yearsMummies were found Legend says it was built for sacred Inca women

4Contact with Spanish Explorers Inca Empire ended w/ Spanish conquest in 1532 Spanish used Inca storehouses The food and other supplies lasted 20 years!Explorers and soldiers came for fame & riches Pizarro ( spanish explorer) went to Inca Empire to ruleWhen he got there it was empty He told his army of 160 men to hide in empty houses Pizarro captured the Inca ruler Inca ruler promised to put gold and silver in a jail cell if Pizarro let him free Pizarro agreed to that. After months of gold and silver Pizarro did not keep his promise. They killed him The Inca who survived had to work on farms for the Spanish

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