The Inca Road System

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Plant material twisted into cables for Q'eswachaka. (5)
• High gap that let a mountain route cross a ridge. (4)
• Modern country containing the network's southern reaches. (5)
• Bridge design that hangs its deck from load-bearing cables. (10)
• Catch one's breath between stages of an imperial journey. (4)
• Goods carried by pack animals along imperial routes. (5)

Down

• Discipline behind fitting a vast transport network to rugged terrain. (11)
• Built risers that helped travelers tackle steep slopes. (5)
• Sloping terrain into which builders cut ledges for mountain routes. (8)
• Imperial courier trained to carry messages between assigned posts. (7)
• Pacific margin followed by one of the empire's two principal routes. (5)
• Rounded paving blocks under travelers' sandals. (7)
• Northern imperial center in what is now Ecuador. (5)

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