How did the inca develop their road system

The Inca road system was a vital part of the Inca empire. In fact, it actually contributed significantly to shape that empire. It consisted of a very extensive network of roads, both main and secondary, that, emanating from the city of Cuzco, the empire capital, covered a geographically diverse and extensive area (24,000 miles) with the goal of transporting people (armies, administrative personnel, captives), goods and information throughout every part of the kingdom. Ancient roads, some of them over a thousand years old, were used, improved and expanded to create this extensive network. Due to the geography of the terrain, bridges of different kinds had to be built, using trunks, fibers and other natural materials. In addition, only materials such as stone, wood, earth, sand and even grass, and rudimentary tools together with the hands of hundreds of workers, made possible this astonishing, and surprisingly lasting, feat of engineering. Still today it is possible to see and use very large sections of the network.    

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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