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...and make it suitable for their uses. This is most commonly seen in the use of separate terraces, used to turn unruly or steep mountain sides into farm grounds that will yield the greatest possible harvest. The Incas, after building these terraces, used fountains, basins, and a sophisticated series of Irrigation canals to assure a reasonable amount of water made it to every terrace. Having a village or town on outbreaks between terraces was common. These systems of terraces, farms, and canals made the Incan Empire the most productive cultures of the early world. The Incan village of Machu-Picchu Another reason the Incas were prosperous is because they were great architects and engineers. The Incas adapted the "Less is More" concept in their ideas and styles of building. They built their buildings with precision and efficiency. The dominant stylistic form in Inca architecture is a simple, but perfectly proportioned trapezoid. It serves for both functionality, and restrained decoration. Trapezoidal doorways, windows, and wall niches are found in Inca constructions of all types, fro...