South America a Geography Reader
South America a Geography Reader
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This stone is about four- teen feet high and has been estimated to weigh a hun- dred tons. We should find such a stone exceedingly hard to move even with all the large hoisting machinery that we The old wall to the left is part of the building in which the Inca kings once lived THE INCA KINGS AND PEOPLE 171 can command. To the men of ancient Cuzco, who had no such machinery, the task must have been incredibly difficult.
Even the streets of old Cuzco were paved by the indus- trious Incas. From t...he quarries about the city paving blocks were gathered and laid down in regu- lar fashion, just as we pave a city to-day. To supply the city with water a long aqueduct was built, several miles of it consisting of a tun- nel cut part of the way through solid rock. The fact that these old canals and tunnels still exist speaks well for the an- cient builders, who seem FIG. 91. One of the huge stones in the walls of the old Inca fort (Sacsahua- mari) near the city of Cuzco, Peru, the old capital of the Incas to have built as the Romans built, not for years but for centuries, not for men but for gods.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This stone is about four- teen feet high and has been estimated to weigh a hun- dred tons. We should find such a stone exceedingly hard to move even with all the large hoisting machinery that we The old wall to the left is part of the building in which the Inca kings once lived THE INCA KINGS AND PEOPLE 171 can command. To the men of ancient Cuzco, who had no such machinery, the task must have been incredibly difficult.
Even the streets of old Cuzco were paved by the indus- trious Incas. From t...he quarries about the city paving blocks were gathered and laid down in regu- lar fashion, just as we pave a city to-day. To supply the city with water a long aqueduct was built, several miles of it consisting of a tun- nel cut part of the way through solid rock. The fact that these old canals and tunnels still exist speaks well for the an- cient builders, who seem FIG. 91. One of the huge stones in the walls of the old Inca fort (Sacsahua- mari) near the city of Cuzco, Peru, the old capital of the Incas to have built as the Romans built, not for years but for centuries, not for men but for gods.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Isaiah Bowman to read onlineMoreLess
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