This was a great book briefly explaining everything you need to know about the Incas. This book touches base with almost every aspect of the Incas. The author includes details like their government, their practices, temples,wars and so much more. This book even goes as far as what life is like for an Inca from birth to adulthood. The Inca's have a very unique culture and way of life, this book portrays their life perfectly through text and through imagery. The only down fall of this book is that the author added so many facts about the Incas that he did not leave room to go into detail with any of them. If someone wants a brief overview of the Incas' lives and history, this would be the perfect book for that. ( )

This book has excellent features such as transparencies (3), maps, sketches, table of contents, timeline, and glossary. The book shares the history of the Incas, Incan life, the Spanish Conquest, etc... Written in short tidbits with colorful sketches and photos of artifacts. Grades 4+ ( )

I've always liked illustrated histories like this one that show how life was like back when the people you're reading about actually lived. This one covers all the major aspects of the Inca Empire and its people. Using some photographs of ruins and relics as well as maps, the illustrations bring the people and culture alive, especially for younger readers. The See-Through parts give a picture of whole buildings until you flip the clear page to reveal cut-outs of the interiors that are always pretty cool. Along with this, there is a good deal of real information about the Incas including the peoples who came before them and the destruction of the empire at the hands of the Spanish. ( )