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1 The Incas The Incas

2 The Empire 2500 miles along the coast of South America by 1500 AD
Capital: Cuzco, located high in the Andes Holy city (nobles-once a year) Sapa Inca-Palace of the Emperor 10 million people Had governors: delegated affairs System of roads: miles

3 The Quipa A cord or string with knots that stood for quantities
Used to keep records Quantities might be bags of grain, numbers of soldiers

4 Terraces Wide steps of land out of the steep mountainside

5 The Empire Columbia to Chile Feed 7 million people
Cooperative culture of the Andes: the myths Spanish chronicled, inventory of the empire

6 Machu Pichu

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