Inca architecture

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The Incas did not have the wheel, as they had no draft animals, so all travel was done on foot. To help travelers on their way, rest houses were built every few kilometers. In these rest houses, they could spend a night, cook a meal and feed their llamas.

Their bridges, which were made from ropes ingeniously tied together to form a narrow but effective structure, were the only way to cross rivers on foot. If only one of their hundreds of bridges was damaged, a major road could not fully function. Fortunately, every time a bridge broke, the locals would repair it as quickly as possible.

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Road system of Inca Empire

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Notes
1.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, pp. 11–12.
2.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, pp. 5–6.
3.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 6.
4.   ^ Gasparini and Margolies, Inca architecture, p. 134.
5.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement,pp. 7–8.
6.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 8.
7.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, pp. 9–10.
8.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, pp. 10–11.
9.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, pp. 16–17.
10.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 17.
11.   ^ Gasparini and Margolies, Inca architecture, pp. 181, 185.
12.   ^ Gasparini and Margolies, Inca architecture, p. 187.
13.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 12.
14.   ^ Protzen, Inca architecture, p. 211.
15.   ^ Rowe, An introduction, pp. 24–26.
16.   ^ Agurto, Estudios acerca, pp. 144–175.
17.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 15.
18.   ^ Gasparini and Margolies, Inca architecture, p. 25.
19.   ^ Gasparini and Margolies, Inca architecture, pp. 7–8.
20.   ^ Gasparini and Margolies, Inca architecture, pp. 12–13.
21.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 23.
22.   ^ Kendall, Aspects of Inca architecture, p. 352.
23.   ^ Hyslop, Inka settlement, p. 20.
[edit] References
•   (Spanish) Agurto, Santiago. Estudios acerca de la construcción, arquitectura y planeamiento incas. Lima: Cámara Peruana de la Construcción, 1987.
•   Gasparini, Graziano and Margolies, Luize. Inca architecture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980. ISBN 0-253-30443-1
•   Hyslop, John. Inka settlement planning. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990. ISBN 0-292-73852-8
•   Kendall, Ann. Aspects of inca architecture: description, function and chronology. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1985.
•   Protzen, Jean-Pierre. Inca architecture and construction at Ollantaytambo. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
•   Rowe, John. An introduction to the archaeology of Cuzco. Cambridge: Harvard University, 1944.
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