article_snippet.sent: In Inca kingdom in the AndesInca , the wheel was yet to be invented, iron was foreign and steel was unheard of.
article_snippet.sent: So when the Incas needed to travel across the Andes, the Incas did so on handwoven rope bridges, stretched over gorges and rivers.
article_snippet.sent: As their expanded their empire, the Incas built an entire network of bridges to move armies, people and goods quickly and efficiently over the mountains.
article_snippet.sent: Even though it would take another 300 years before suspension bridges came to Europe, it is estimated that the Inca kingdom was connected by some 200, all made by hand.
article_snippet.sent: suspension bridges were an integral part of the incredible Inca road system that stretches for 25,000 miles, from modern-day Ecuador to Argentina.
article_snippet.sent: the Incas the Incas disappeared in the early 17th century, and over the years the Incas bridges followed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Inca kingdom in the Andes was connected via handwoven rope bridges .
  