The Incas, the decayed Indian tribe from South America

The Incas were an indigenous people living in the northwest of South America, in the Andes. The heyday of the Inca civilization lasted roughly from 1438 to 1532, so only a century.

The entire kingdom was destroyed by the Spaniards under Francisco Pizarro.w., All the gold was looted. For the Incas gold meant nothing but for the Spaniards was is true wealth.

Many contemporary buildings in the Peruvian town Qosqo (Cuzco) are built on the remains of ancient Inca buildings, because Cuzco was the capital of the empire.

The Incas were great architects. They built bridges over rivers, great forts, and beautiful cities with temples. They knew how to cultivate the mountains by building terraces on these mountains.

Machu Picchu is a good example of an architectural world wonder.
The walls of the buildings consisted of stones, which were so placed into each other, that there was no need of cement.

To ensure that the moon and the sun would not stop, stones were placed on the mountain tops.
The sun god was called Inti, the moon god Quilla.
The Incas believed in the power of the sun as a benefactor of the Earth.
The Sun was often honored with solar festivals.

The leader of the Incas was the Sapa Inca. He was an absolute ruler.
He married his blood sister, the Qilla.
The Sapa Inca was considered the direct descendant of the sun.

The Incas lived from agriculture. The Inca farmers irrigated and fertilized the land to grew more than 20 products, such as corn, potatoes, cocoa, tomatoes and tobacco.

In other parts of the world these they did not know very long how to cultivate the land.

The Incas believed in a life after death and they also worshiped their ancestors.
The bodies of their ancestors were the main objects within the realm.
It was as if they were still alive, because the Incas spoke to their fathers about things that were happening just as the Mayans predicted the future by analyzing the space.

Amazon river facts: dimensions, history and wildlife

The Amazon River flows mostly through the Amazon rainforest and the Amazon basin. A beautiful piece of unspoiled nature located in South America, known for its dense forests and unique flora and fauna.

Amazon River in dimensions

The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. But it counts the most water, about 2% of all natural fresh water in the world.

The river rises at 5200 meters altitude in the snow of the Andes Mountains, more specifically, a glacier in Peru, some 190 km from the Pacific Ocean. Unlike many other rivers, the Amazon river choose for the longest possible path of 6516 km with hundreds snaked s-curves. With its 6516 km, the Amazon River is about two times longer than the Mississippi River and five times longer than the Rhine. To give you an idea of ​​its enormous length: this is approximately the distance from Berlin to New York.

From tributaries to the Atlantic

The Amazon has also other names such as: the Maranon. The river is joined by dozens of other rivers, including the Ucayali, so it enters Brazil. If the Amazon reached the Atlantic Ocean then the water of more than 1100 tributaries has been drained. If the Amazon reaches the coast, over more than 200000 cubic meters water come in to the Atlantic Ocean every second.

Over millions of years the water have trenched the ocean floor for about hundreds of kilometers in length. This is indicated by the yellow color that contrasts in a sharply degree with the blue color of the ocean. This freshwater streams from the coast some 320 kilometers away into the ocean.

The animal kingdom in and around the Amazon river

There live crocodiles, leopards, monkeys, exotic birds such as parrots and numerous of dangerous insects in and around the Amazon river. The water contains about 30 times more fish than in all European rivers together.

In particular, we have the pink river dolphins, they swim in the main river during the rainy season. So they swim and hunt in groups among the trees.

History

When the conquistador Francisco de Orellana in 1541, with his hundred men in his ship discharged, the winding Amazon River, he thought that the warriors that has poisoned his soldiers by bombard them with poisoned arrows, were women.

In the travelogue they were called 'Amazons' so the river became its name.

A bit of history and facts about the Amazon forest; the green lung of the world. Everyone should protect this unique piece of nature. And hopefully, our children and grandchildren can do this too.