1. Inca Civilization

2. Inca Civilization Inca Empire
Located in South America and stretched along the Pacific coast.
(Present Day: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina)
One of America’s largest and most advanced Empires from ’s

3. Inca Civilization Workings of the Empire Cuzco Population = 12 million
Capital of Inca Empire
Population = 12 million
Societies were highly organized
Sapa Inca (Emperor)
Descendent (Relative) of the Sun God
Families were organized into Kinship
Kinship – blood relationship or common land ownership

4. Cuzco

5. Inca Civilization Achievements
Terraced Fields – flat fields cut into slopes or mountainsides.
Suspension Bridge – bridge made to cross canyons or water
Made of vines and wood
Machu Picchu
Most advanced and complex city in the Inca Empire

6. Inca Civilization
Terraced Fields

7. Inca Civilization
Suspension Bridges

8. Machu Picchu