The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and ... manure that dropped on the fields would increase the production of crops such as potatoes and other Andean crops. And for all these reasons ...

Mountain deities were seen as lords of the forces of nature who presided over crops and livestock. In essence they were the protectors of the Inca people, the keepers of life who reached up toward ...

The Inca were the end result of 5,000 years of civilization ... surrounded in turn by stone terraces where maize and other crops were grown. Estimates put the population at no more than 1,000 ...

The Incas made the impassable passable ... there were mountainsides with the famous Andean terraced fields - which produced crops on very difficult terrain - and then there were the mountain ...

The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and ... manure that dropped on the fields would increase the production of crops such as potatoes and other Andean crops. And for all these reasons ...