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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVIII. INCAS. One of the great mysteries of the American continents is the high civilization of the Incas of Peru and the Aztecs of Mexico. How these peoples, of all those in North and South America, reached their advanced stage of development is unknown. It is not probable that they had any connection with each other prior to the Spanish conquest; in any case they must be dealt with separately. First then we are to consider the peoples under Inca rule, collecting our data mainly from Prescott's classic work.1 GEOGRAPHY OP THE COUNTRY. The land of the Incas was the plateau of Peru; so that while they were within tropical latitudes, yet because of altitude, they were surrounded by a temperate climate. The case proves no exception to the statement that none of the great civilizations of the world have ever developed within the tropical regions. Peru is divided into three main sections that ran parallel to each other. Along the Pacific coast is a strip of land almost destitute of vegetation except in the immediate neighborhood of some of the fifty streams that cross it. About half of these rise in the lofty snow-capped Andes and have a constant supply of water throughout the year. The others rising in the lower outer mountain ranges are not supplied with water by melting snows and so are dry a great portion of the year. The second section of Peru is a region about two hundred and fifty miles in width consisting of chains of lofty mountains, high plains, table-lands, warm, fertile valleys and ravines. It was here that the great Inca civilization developed. The third region is made up of tropical forests along the Amazon and skirting the eastern slope of the Andes. EARLY HISTORY. Before the time of the Incas there lived in Peru a race of people whose o...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781154266641
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 102
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154266648
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 195 gr

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