The were American Indians who settled in the Cuzco valley, on the western coast of South America. By the year 1525 their extended for more than 3000 km along the western coast. The population lived off farming on terraces built on the mountain sides.
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The Incas were expert builders and they built the famous city of Machu Pichu. They were also good weavers and wove cloth using Llama wool. Besides this they were expert goldsmiths and made beautiful figurines of gold which they buried with their dead. The downfall of the Inca empire began in 1525 and by 1533 it was fully under Spanish control.
Further North in the area where Mexico is located, about 700 year ago, flourished the Aztec civilization.
The Aztecs worshipped the Sun god and made human sacrifices to please him. The Aztecs too made beautiful jewelry from gold, pearls, turquoise etc. In 1519 the first Spaniards arrived in Mexico and the last of the Aztec emperors, Montezuma II, was captured and killed.
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