The Inca: Lords of the Mountains

Here Comes the Sun

It is the year 1500. You are standing along a road in South America in a crowd of people. You seem to be at some kind of parade. You look down the road and see a gleaming, golden litter carried on the shoulders of several men. Inside the litter is a man wearing furs and golden jewelry.

As the litter gets closer, the people around you go down on their knees and touch their foreheads to the ground. You are the only one still standing. Suddenly you notice several people yelling at you. An angry soldier is running at you with a raised club. You begin to run. With a start, you wake up and realize you were having a dream.

It’s a good thing you woke up. The people in your dream were bowing because the Sapa Inca, the king of the Inca people, was approaching.