Ancient Peru

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/culture-places/historical/peru-overview-dest.html


MAP: ancient capitol is Cuscos, Andes Mountains, Amazon River, in South America

RELIGION: polytheistic - sun, moon, lightning, etc. gods, had temples for each god

INVENTIONS: potatoes, quipu - calender that kept track of deaths, births, and wars, paved roads, stone bridges, guano - bird dropping fertilizer

PEOPLE: Inca, Nazca lines - to find water, sell bird dropping fertilizer, poatoes, soccer, fish, 1532 conquered by Spanish
PLACES: Machu Pichu, Cuscos, Nazca lines
SUMMARY:

Today we learned about ancient Peru.  Peru is in South America.  They were polytheistic and build many temples for their gods.  They were the first people to grow potatoes.  They used bird dropping fertilizer called guano to help their crops grow.  We learned that Cusos was the ancient capitol.  I would love to visit Peru someday.