Inka-Land - Eine Reise durch das Reich einer einzigartigen Hochkultur

They are praised as building geniuses, as perfect planners of communication and infrastructure, as founders of one of the greatest cultures of mankind. Their gold-decorated temples were second to none, their relay runners delivered news as fast as the wind, their sophisticated road network covered tens of thousands of kilometres and was equipped with food stations. It is all too easy to overlook the fact that the Incas were conquerors who mercilessly demanded obedience; a people with a strictly structured class society and the almighty, idolised sovereign at its head. Under this, the direct descendant of the sun, were family members, governors, military leaders, officials, priests and various tribal leaders. Cusco, the "navel of the world", served the Incas from the beginning as the center of power and intersection of the main traffic routes. Their empire was divided into four reg.