They were isolated in a forbidding landscape and lacking in what many would consider some essential components of progress (writing, iron, the wheel, trading markets). Yet the Incas created one of the most influential and innovative empires the world has ever seen, demonstrating an astonishing mastery of engineering, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, medicine, politics, and more.
Gordon F. McEwan, PhD, is associate professor of anthropology at Wagner College, Staten Island, NY.
"[I]t would make an excellent introductory text for an undergraduate course focusing on the Inca." - About.com
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