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Inca
Technology
The
inca technology like in other cases, was collected from other cultures
that exist before the incas, this knowledge was melt into his own and
the result was a great understanding of mathematics, inca
agriculture,
advance development of crops, medicine, hydraulics, astronomy,
architecture and military strategy.
Among all the inca technology, the mathematics are quite remarkable
because they invented the Quipu, that is a kind of abacus with the
possibility to realize complex mathematics operations, until today is
not completely understood how they use it, because the quipus were not
made only for counting, they were use to keep track of the economy of
all provinces and wealth management of the inca
ruler.
The quipus were compose by one main rope and several smaller ropes tie
to the main one, from this smaller ropes, in some cases it was another
set of ropes tie to the middle size rope; The ropes of the quipu were
use to tie knots, that mean numbers, counting from 0 to 10 and
different knots for dozens, hundreds, thousands and so on; Some
investigators believe that the quipus were use as some kind of writing,
using the numbers to represent sounds, so if they place the right code
of numbers they could reproduce words.
Another advance inca technology was the agriculture, the incas use
advance technics to develop the production of the same crops and
hybrids in different altitudes and climates, fact that is translated in
years of development until get the seeds capable to grow in those
conditions; Today the modern world recognize that the 60 percent of
todays vegetables where adapted, domesticated,
acclimatized and
hybridized by the inca s and cultures before the incas.
The medicine inca technology is the most impressive example of
development, the incas surgeons were capable to practice craniotomies
with a 90% of survival rates, some of the skulls that has been found
show two, three and even more craniotomies in the same patience; The
sicknesses were treated with magic, religious ceremonies and with
medicinal herbs; Today the mystical and natural inca
medicine still is
use by the descendants incas.
The hydraulics engineering inca technology is probably the most unknown
of all; The incas divide their empire in four parts north, south, east
and west, the reason was because it was the most easy way to divide the
water of the kingdom, without water the provinces could not grow their
crops, so it was crucial for the inca
government to create the
hydraulics engineering necessary, to bring water to all kingdom, some
of this water channels still are use until today.
The astronomy inca technology was extremely relevant, because all
cities were build around the sky observatories in the center of each
city; By observing the path of the sun, up to it highest point and to
it lowest point, make them capable to create the inca
calendar; The
incas had a two calendar count system, the first with 365 days and the
second, based in equinoxes and solstices with 730 days, it was use for
religious ceremonies and other social activities.
The architecture inca technology is the most well know technology of
all, it is not completely understood how the incas cut, shape, polish
and transport such huge stones to build their temples and cities;
Several investigators say that it is plain impossible, but other
archaeologist has come up with theories of how the incas did such
marvelous work, the shadow of the possibility that the inca
architecture use alien
technology, still in discussion until today.
The inca empire grow because they master the art of war, as soon as the
inca generals get ready their armies they attach new cultures, it was
common that before the battle, the inca generals offer to the target
culture a peaceful no conditions surrender; This is how the incas
spread their culture, religion and inca
society values, if the new
culture adapt ease, the incas let them stay in the same place, if the
new culture make resistance they were split in smaller groups and send
all over the kingdom.
The military inca technology and strategy was quite advance, they knew
how to flank their enemies, battle field discipline and gorilla
attacks; The incas had a elite force of inca warriors call the
Orejones, this men were specially train in speed, jump, war arts and
survival skills, this warriors use first class inca
weapons and wear
sophisticated armors; An interesting fact about this men is, that
during the years of military training they did not have sex; The
orejones were the symbol of strength, virtuosity and bravery of the
inca empire.
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