Summary:
This essay about the ancient civilization in south America, the Incas. It deals with the technology advancements including medicine and towns built on the Andes mountain and the "Incan bees."
The legacy left behind by the Incas was the technology they used.
The technology used by the Incas was far beyond its time. Examples of this are the cities in the Andes Mountains, the "Incan Bee"(
http://user.online.be...), and in comparison with other civilizations' technology, the Aztecs' in particular. An example of Incans' technology being more advanced than the Aztecs' was in the field of medicine. The Aztecs' used some unusual ways of curing aches, cuts, and colds. For example, "For earaches, Aztec doctors suggested putting liquid rubber into the patient's ears. For legs that were cut, doctors sprinkled ground-up obsidian glass on the wounds to help it heal. For colds, doctors suggested putting a drop of collected dew (from the fields) into each nostril twice a day."(http://library.thinkquest.org...).In a way, religion and superstition were the Aztecs' medicine. This means.....
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