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Inca 12 Angle Stone
The famous stone from an Inca wall in Cuzco, Peru. The stone has 12 angles and illustrates the great precision Inca masons employed in ensuring their stone blocks fitted so well together that no mortar was needed. (15th century CE).

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The Ledo Road
An aerial view of the Ledo Road in Burma (Myanmar), a land connection between India and China used by Allied troops during the Second World War (1939-45) following the closure of the more famous Burma Road. The road was in use from February...

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Earth's Solar System
Earth's solar system by NASA and Rawpixel.

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Smugglers During the Continental System
Smugglers in 1808, defying the Continental System. Etching by John Augustus Atkinson and William Miller, 1808.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

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Intercultural Referral System
Intercultural referral model used in Dino Stagno Hospital, Traiguen, Chile.

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The Rise & Fall of the Inca Empire - Gordon McEwan
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-inca-empire-gordon-mcewan It was the western hemisphere's largest empire ever, with a population of nearly 10 million subjects. Yet within 100 years of its rise in the...

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Roman Road Network
A map showing the principal routes of the Roman road network in 125 CE.

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Map of the inca Empire
A map showing the various stages of expansion of the Inca empire.

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Inca Geometric Textile Motif
A detail from an Inca textile showing a geometric cross design. (Museo de America, Madrid)

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Inca Textile Bag
An Inca textile bag with typical tassle decoration. (Lombards Museum)