And Cieza de Leon, a Spanish writer of that period, he said that there was nothing comparable with the Inca road system. And if you see the extension of the Inca Empire, if you compare them in the ...

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 mile-long road system criss-crossing high ...

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 mile-long road system criss-crossing high ...

TC: Well, yes. And it’s part of the road system that the Incas built because those roads all preexisted. What’s true for all ...

In order to move armies and people quickly and efficiently around this landscape, the Inca needed roads. When the landscape proved too inhospitable for stone, they used straw, constructing ...

Machu Picchu and the Inca road system are UNESCO World Heritage sites, and the UN agency has previously expressed concerns over the proposed airport at Chinchero, less than 60 kilometers from the ...