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Adapting to Life in the Andes
Machu Picchu, Challenges of Life in the EMpire, Inca Agricultural Techniques
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History
7th Grade
06/05/2006
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Machu Picchu
 Definition
ancient city of the inca
located in the andes in northwest peru
one example among hundreds of Inca ruins
Hiram Bingham rediscovered it in 1911
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Challenges of Life IN empire
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Enormous Size 2,500 Miles
Variable landscape - coastal dessert, lofty Andes mountain ranges, and rainforests
climate varied from tropical to polar
more than 6 million to be fed
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Inca Agricultural Techniques
 Definition
Terraced mountaion sides (andes) and used guano as fertilizer.
Channeled water and diverted rivers to irrigate arid areas.
Filled and drained marshes to produce suitable farmland.
People produced corn, many varieties of potatoes, quinoa, and other world foods.
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