The Incca Empire The Mayan, Incan And Aztec - 737 Words

The Inca Empire There are many empires, but three big ones are the Mayan, Incan, and the Aztec. The Incan Empire is better than the Mayan and Aztec because of their geography, farming, religion, social, classes, and achievements. The first reason they are better than the other empires because of their farming methods. The Incas invented terrace farming. This is the process of creating flatlands by building steps into the land down the mountainside (considering the fact they lived on a mountain). This helped the Incas a lot. It helped with their irrigation and aqueducts. â€Å"This was great for irrigation† (Inca Empire for Kids-Terrace Farming) The aqueducts helped them transport the water where they needed it to go. Also, irrigation used†¦show more content†¦An Alluyu it is a bunch of families coming together and working as one large family. (Inca Empire- Society) In turn, they were one big family even though they had a social class. Some people may say that the Aztec and Mayan Empires are better, but I disagree. The Aztec and Maya may have created The Vigesimal System and built pyramids, but they did not treat their people, as well as the Incas, did. The Inca’s created the Alluyu and feed all of their people very well. They were treated with respect and care. Inca has done a lot, especially with their achievements. The Inca’s has invented many different things, especially in math, writing, and astronomy. One big thing they invented is the quipus. It is a sort of knot record keeping system. It could be used for the telling of stories to documenting how much of something you had. It was very cool and each one was different and told you something different. Their calendar is sort of similar to the calendars we have today. Their calendar has 12 months (just like ours) with 3 weeks consisting of 10 days. The calendars were marvelous because they were used to mark religious festivals and the planting of crops. They also studied the sun and the moon to make the calendars. They connected their religion to their astronomical beliefs. â€Å"The Inca worship of stars and dark constellations shows us that this culture believed everything around them was connected.† (Hendrika Janssen) They had many intriguing achievements