Building

=Incan Buildings= by Bolong About 600 years ago, the Incas were able to build houses, that ultimately stretched from the bottom of Chile to northern Ecuador along the western side of the Ande mountains (Malpass XXIV). During their reign, they developed their own architectural style,

as well as, adapting the city structures of their conquered peoples in order to organize a more controllable empire. The Incan people used a system in which the demands of building were shared throughout the empire. By using this thoughtful system of labor and pre-planned models, they were able to construct many magnificent structures throughout their vast empire. Today's architects could learn a thing or two from the Inca's way of organizing labor and manor of building sturdy structures that have held up against the elements and natural disasters for hundreds of years. The buildings were made out of stone, and they were carved smoothly for better fitting.

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