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Inca Empire

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 Dinesh
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At the time of the Spanish Conquest in A.D 1532, the majority of the vast territory of Andean South America had been united into a single political entity now commonly called the Inca Empire. Known to its rulers as Tawantinsuyu, meaning roughly “The Land of Four Quarters” in the Inca language, this empire included parts of the modern countries of Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. This huge domain was the property of a small kin group called the Incas. From their capital city of Cuzco, located in the southern passing approximately 906,000 square kilometers. Measuring some 4,000 kilometers north to south along the west coast of South America, this territory comprised an extreme diversity of environments, ranging from the world’s driest deserts on the Pacific coast, through the world’s second highest mountain range, the Andean Cordillera, to the lush tropical lowlands of the upper Amazon Basin. With the borders of this empire dwelled a population of perhaps 10 million people divided into multitude of tribal groups, each with its own customs and language. ~ page 3

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 Dinesh
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. . . . The Incas were arguably the all-time champions in creating a reservoir of diverse crops. Without the benefit of wheels, money, iron, or written script these Andean people evolved a sophisticated agriculture based on almost as many plant species as used by all the farmers of Europe and Asia combined. Their abounding crops, tilled on the cool upland slopes and plateaus, proved especially suited for temperature climates. From the Incas have come lima bean, peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes. But many other species and strains including a hundred varieties of potatoes, are still confined to the Andes. The Spanish conquerors learned to use a few of the potatoes, but they missed many other representatives of vst array of cultivated tuberous vegetables, including some that are more productive and savory than the favored crops. The names are likely to be unfamiliar: achira, aphia, arracacha, maca, nashua, mnauyka, oca, ulluco, and yacon.. . . . Page 436 ~ "Biophilia"
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