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1·By the sixteenth century, the Incas of South America ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from what is now Ecuador to central Chile.

到了16世纪，南美洲的印加人统治着一个帝国，它沿着太平洋海岸和安第斯高地，从现在的厄瓜多尔一直延伸到智利中部。

2·Given this unequal resource distribution, highland Incas needed access to the products of lower, warmer climatic zones in order to enlarge the variety and quantity of their foodstuffs.

考虑到资源分配的不平等，高原印加人需要获得海拔较低、较温暖的区域的产品，以扩大食物的种类和数量。

3·Lost city of the Incas remains a mystery.

城市Incas的失踪依然成谜。

4·The incas terraced their mountainous land.

印加人在他们的山地上修梯田。

5·The incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe.

印加人认为库斯科是宇宙的中心。

6·The Incas of South America never developed a way of writing their language.

南美的印加人没有表述自己语言的文字。

7·From the Incas to the present day, humanity has made little impression here.

从印加时期至今，人类在此几乎没有留下任何足迹。

8·We had civilizations — Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, etc. — but no wheeled vehicles.

在各个文明中-，例如阿兹台克，玛雅，印加-，都没有轮式交通工具的踪影。

9·It also failed to come to fruition among the Maya, Incas and Aztecs of the Americas.

它也未能在美洲的玛雅、印加及阿兹台克文明中结出果实。

10·With no written records, historians can only wonder why the Incas built such a mysterious place.

由于没有任何文字记录，历史学家们只能对为何印加人建造出如此神奇的地方而感到惊讶了。