Super Science Facts

The Inca Empire

Lydia Lukidis

Grades / Interest Level 5 - 12
Reading Level 3
Lexile HL670
Format 5½" x 8½"
Pages 48
Product Code 2363-4 ( MR #068710 )

Price $10.95

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In 1911, the Inca people were all but forgotten. Then Hiram Bingham traveled to the jungles of Peru. There, he made amazing discoveries of Inca ruins from hundreds of years ago. Who were the Incas? How did their tiny tribe turn into a mighty empire? And why did they disappear?

Book includes maps, timeline and a glossary.

Glossary:

agriculture, altitude, archaeologist, citadel, civilization, conquer, conquistadors, economy, emperor, empire, engineer, excavate, hierarchy, labor, legend, monarchy, mortar, natural resources, precious, quinoa, quipu, smallpox

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