Ep. 25: Inca Roads

Logistics can be often overlooked when one thinks of great armies or military feats.  However, getting an army from one place to another is sometimes a feat in itself.  Especially, when the army is in over pushing 100,000, marching through mountains in a land where the agricultural season was extremely unpredictable. However the Inca created one of the best road systems of any civilization in the world at that time.  Of course they adapted some roads from the Wari and other groups, but the Inca would create a road way and supply system that stretched from northern Chile to Quito.  It was their logistics as much as it was their numbers which would make Tupac Inca Yupanqui.  “A bridge made of grass”: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-48628325If you’d like to support the show monetarily please click the following link: https://www.patreon.com/incapodcast.  And thank you!Please follow the show on Twitter @Incapodcast, find us on our Facebook page: A History of the Inca or check out our website: http://ahistoryoftheinca.wordpress.com.Intro music by: Kalx aka Kaliran: Andean Lounge, Scream of the DevilTransition music by: Kike Pinto

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A History of the Inca is a historical podcast focusing on one of the largest empires in pre-columbian America. The Inca were the culmination of civilization in the Andes Mountains. The culture, government and society were unique when compared to other societies and have yet to truly be explored in the podcasting world. In A History of the Inca, we will explore pre-Inca states and the hostile world they inhabited. We will learn of the Inca origins and how they were but one of many ethnic groups carving out a living miles above sea level. From their beginnings as a small ethnic group we will march with their armies as they set out to expand their rule over Andes. We dissect their administration and government while also looking at how ordinary people fared under the empire. When seemingly at its height, the Inca see the Spanish arrive. And though some end the rule of the Inca with the Spanish conquistadores, there is much more to the story…