Inca technology includes devices, technologies and construction methods used by the Inca people of western South America (between the 1100s and their conquest...

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. 'land of four parts'), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian...

The Inca aqueducts refer to any of a series of aqueducts built by the Inca people. The Inca built such structures to increase arable land and provide...

Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded...

Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word technology can also mean...

The Inca army (Quechua: Inka Awqaqkuna) was the multi-ethnic armed forces used by the Tawantin Suyu to expand its empire and defend the sovereignty of...

environments were all part of the Inca Empire (1438-1533 CE) and required different technologies for agriculture. Inca agriculture was also characterized...

The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the...

The Inca society was the society of the Inca civilization in Peru. The Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1533 A.D., represented the height of this...

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). Often referred...

The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and known as Qhapaq Ñan meaning "royal road" in Quechua) was the most extensive and advanced transportation...

INCA Internet Corporation (Korean: 잉카인터넷), also known as nProtect, is a corporation which sells computer software. INCA Internet was founded by Young...

The economy of the Inca Empire, which lasted from 1438 to 1532, established an economic structure that allowed for substantial agricultural production...

Less than a century prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the Incas, from their homeland centered on the city of Cusco, united most Andean cultures...

adoption of ceramic technology until conquest, around 1400 to 1450 AD, is called the "Initial Period Manachaqui phase". Following the Inca conquest, multiple...

cultures in the central Andes of South America, most prominently by the Inca Empire. A quipu usually consists of cotton or camelid fiber cords, and contains...

conquered by the Incas. The objective was to transfer both loyalty to the state and a cultural baggage of Inca culture such as language, technology, economic...

in stone and flint. Like the Inca, the Maya also had command of fairly advanced agricultural and construction technology. The Maya are also responsible...

with which Túpac Inca Yupanqui agreed. Due to their proximity to the Inca Empire, the Promaucae learned the new technology that the Inca displayed in their...

Baños del Inca (Baths of the Inca). The history of the city is highlighted by the Battle of Cajamarca, which marked the defeat of the Inca Empire by Spanish...

pastoralism and the Inca state is a matter of research. As a third point Troll pointed out irrigation technology as advantageous to the Inca state-building...

individuals in the Inca Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, the quya (Inca queen), or the religious...

PMID 16203994. Office of International Affairs (1989). Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation...

building found along roads and near the cities and political centers of the Inca Empire. These were large stone buildings with roofs thatched with "ichu"...

great tree used as a roof. This technology of construction still lasts in the Riojan zone of Vinchina. About 1480, the Inca invaded the region of the Diaguitas...

The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University (UIGV) is a private university located in the city of Lima, Peru. Founded on December 21, 1964, during the first...

on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council (1989). Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known...

largest. There are over 80 ruins on the island. Most of these date to the Inca period circa the 15th century AD. Archaeologists have discovered evidence...

(2015). The Incas (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 318–319. Keatinge, R. W. (1988). Peruvian Prehistory: An overview of pre-Inca and Inca society. Cambridge...

of transport is largely one of technological innovation. Advances in technology have allowed people to travel farther, explore more territory, and expand...