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Museum "Rooms" - Every student in the group must create a Museum Room which should feature a specific invention or innovation for the team's civilization. Rooms should contain between 300 and 400 words of text, use in text citations or reference phrases as needed. (According to..., As found in...) and should present ALL of the following information:
Background information on why this invention or innovation was needed by this civilization
How was the invention made?
What impact did the invention have on this civilization?
What (if any) impact did the invention have on later civilizations?
What else made this invention so historically important?
At least two images relating to the invention and/or information on the page with identification numbers and captions explaining the images.
3 to 5 links to other websites with related information and why a visitor might find them interesting
Messenger system The Messenger system of Inca has three main parts. The first part is the road witch is called the "Qhupaq Ñan". The second part are the runners they are called "Chasqui" they are the people who run the messages and items. The third part is how write, they dont use paper they use "Quipu."
Qhapaq Ñan
Qhapaq Nan was a road that spread 24,000 miles. The road was the main road that the Chasqui ran on to deliver messages and other items The Qhapaq Ñan was made using local materials and engineering adapted to diverse terrains, with large teams of laborers conscripted through the mita system. The reason that this road was made was so the King could get the fish he wanted. The King Pachacútec was the person who thought to make a road. Was
Figure 2 Qhapaq Ñan
Figure 3 This is a bag that Chaqui would carry.
Chaqui
The Chaqui are the messengers or the runners. Their only job is to run and deliver messages or small items. They were estimated to run 149 miles a day! This form of transportation was very efficient they could deliver a message across the coast in two days or less! This form of commuication did have its ups and downs this system lead to the fall of Inca because the Spanish used the roads the Chaqui used to deliver the messeges and item to take over.
Quipu
Quipu is a system of writing that uses knots and colored strings to speak this was a very easy method of communication. The Chaqui would put the Quipu in there bags and carry them to their destination.
Figure 3 This is a Picture of what Quipu looks like
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