Machu Picchu Learning about a famous landmark in

Machu Picchu

Learning about a famous landmark in South America – Machu Picchu Thinking Development 1. On a large mountain in Peru -Discovered in 1911 -Worldwide attention 1. Incas Discovered in 1911 2. Built by the On a large-“The Lost City of the Incas” 2. Worldwide attention mountain in Peru -The native people -One of the greatest civilizations 1. Though Machu Picchu has always been known by the local people, it was first discovered in 1911 by an American historian named Hiram Bingham. 2. His discovery brought 3. Nobody really knows what it actually was worldwide attention -A temple to Machu Picchu. -A marketplace -Why did the Incas leave?

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Learning about a famous landmark in South America – Machu Picchu Thinking Development 1. On a large mountain in Peru 1. Some people think that it was a temple. -Discovered in 1911 -Worldwide attention 1. A temple 2. Other people think Machu Picchu was a large marketplace. 2. Built by the Incas Nobody really 2. A marketplace Lost City of the Incas” knows what -“The it 3. a) Some historians say actually was-The native 3. people Why did the Incas that many Incas died leave? civilizations -One of the greatest because of war and diseases brought by 3. Nobody really knows what it actually was Spanish explorers. -A temple -A marketplace -Why did the Incas leave? b) Other historians say that the Incas’ reason for leaving is unexplainable.