Inca Roads: The Great Andean Highway System — Fexingo History

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Inca Roads: The Great Andean Highway System — Fexingo History

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This episode digs into the Inca road network, the Qhapaq Ñan, a 40,000-kilometer system that tied together the empire from modern Colombia to Chile. Lucas explains how these roads were built, maintained, and used—with relay runners (chasquis), way stations (tambos), and suspension bridges that spanned deep canyons. He also covers the political and military importance of the roads, including how the Sapa Inca could move armies rapidly across the Andes. Luna asks about the famous bridges made of grass rope and how messages were relayed without writing. They touch on the quipu again, but mostly focus on the engineering and logistics that made the Inca state run.

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