The Inca Empire - Out of Thin Air - #1 (Patreon)
Published:
2019-08-22 15:01:01
Imported:
2021-01
Content
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.
Art by Jordan Martin for this series!