Informative Essay Picchu

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© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company • Image Credits: ©Dmitry Pichugin/Fotolia UNIT 2: Informative Essay Ancient Civilizations 31 UNIT 2 Informative Essay ANALYZE THE MODEL Evaluate informative essays on Cuzco, Peru, and Machu Picchu. A n informative essay, also called an expository essay, is a short work of nonfiction that informs and explains. Unlike fiction, nonfiction is mainly written to convey factual information, although writers of nonfiction shape information in a way that matches their own purposes. Nonfiction writing can be found in newspaper, magazine, and online articles, as well as in biographies, speeches, movie and book reviews, and true-life adventure stories. The nonfiction topics…show more content…
NOTES Establishing an Empire Successive generations of Incan rulers worked to expand Incan territory through war and conquest. At its height, the Inca Empire stretched more than 2,000 miles along the west coast of South America and governed millions of people. The farthest reaches of the empire were connected with well-constructed roads and strong rope bridges. An elaborate system of relay runners enabled messages to be carried 250 miles a day; runners made the 1,250-mile journey from Quito (a city in the far north) to Cuzco in just five days. Incan society was hierarchical and highly centralized, with the godlike emperor at the top of the social pyramid, followed by provincial governors, local rulers and leaders, and finally the common people. The common people paid taxes and tributes and worked for the central government. The Inca did not have a writing system, but they were able to keep track of trade goods and stockpiles with a special system of 20 60 1. Analyze 2. Practice knotted strings called a quipu. Religion was an important part of life. 3. Perform © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company • Image Credits: ©Don Couch/Houghton Mifflin

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