As the Ming Dynasty was reordering China, and the Ottomans conquering eastern Europe, the Inca were constructing their vast empire, spreading from their heartland in southern Peru to a territory ...

Much like Stonehenge, the monolithic statues at Easter Island ... and others in passing his 1922 book, Inca Land: ...

By the time of the Inca civilization, which lasted from approximately ... cocoon of fine textiles and surrounded by gold and silver statues, bags of corn and other offerings.

As the Ming Dynasty was reordering China, and the Ottomans conquering eastern Europe, the Inca were constructing their vast empire, spreading from their heartland in southern Peru to a territory ...