5)Transportation+and+Weaponry


 * 1) The Inca never utilized the wheel**

◘ important to establish communication throughout the huge empire ◘ the Inca emperors built a 16,000-km network of stone roads ◘ to get messages from village to village, trained runners carried official messages, working in relays to cover up to 400 km per day ◘ in certain places they were eight feet wide and other shrank to less that one foot wide. ◘ the roads were designed as a series of steps to enable travelers to mount very steep slopes ◘ they were designed for foot travel and llama pack trains ◘ along the road were small settlements called //tambos// which provided inns for road travelers
 * 2) Road Building:**

◘ between Inca cities there were deep river gorges, so the Inca built suspension bridges of rope ◘ some of these rope bridged were nearly 100m in length
 * 3) Bridges:**

◘ troops similarly armed fought together ◘ to protect themselves, men had a wooden shield with deerskin and decorated with a favorite design ◘ on their heads they wore a helmet made of chonta-plam wood ◘ most carried a sling belt of llama wood about four feet long, doubled around a stone the size of a hen’s egg and twirled it over the head until it was released (the stone had the force of a bullet) ◘ //bolas// – three stone or copper balls tied to cords fastened together in the middle ◘ when the //bolas// was thrown, it twisted around the arms and legs causing severe wounds ◘ club with a star-shaped head of stone, copper or silver - a tap with this club could easily crush a skull or shatter an arm ◘ //macana -// a sword-shaped club made of chonta wood ◘ axes made of copper
 * 4) Weaponry:**



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