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TCI 25/26
The Incas & Mesoamerican Achievements
Term | Definition |
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Incas | people of a culture in the Andes Mountains of South America that arose in the 1400s C.E. and lasted until 1532 |
quipu | knots in strings used as a memory aid |
ayllus | an Incan clan (group of related families), the basic unit of Incan society |
oracle | a person through whom a god or spirit is believed to speak about the future |
stele | a vertical stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions |
glyphs | a symbol for a word, idea, or sound in a hieroglyphic system of writing |
dialect | a regional variety of a language |
suspension bridges | a bridge held up by cables anchored at each end |
trephination | a type of surgery in which a hole is made in the skull |