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The Inca Empire - Out of Thin Air - #1 (Patreon)

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2019-08-22 15:01:01

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Cusco, Peru, sits at nearly 3,400 meters, or 11,200 feet. When you walk the cobblestone streets, you feel dizzy and have to stop for breath after a few blocks. And you start to notice something strange. Every large Spanish building in the city has been built on a foundation of Incan stone--because the Spanish did not build Cusco, they merely built on top of it. It was the Inca who, despite the altitude, built a city here. And not just any city--a city that ruled the largest Indigenous empire to ever exist in the Americas.

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Join us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon There's a lot that we don't know for sure about the Inca Empire, because we have conflicting accounts among Spanish colonizers, as well as the fact that Inca history itself is told non-linearly. But we do know that they used Andean accomplishments, from architecture to knotted quipu, to create a city that ruled the largest Indigenous empire in the Americas, starting with Manco Capac and the successive Sapa Inca rulers. Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram (--More below) Check out all our shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://becausegamesmatter.com/extra-credits-community-code-of-conduct Contribute community subtitles to Extra History: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Listen to our podcast: http://becausegamesmatter.com/podcast Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Outro music: "Vision of a Martyr" by Tiffany Román http://www.tiffanyromanlouk.com/