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Incas: People
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In addition to the sun god-creator of the universe the Incas worshipped a large number of gods representing the weather, the earth, the sea and the moon. Ancestors were ... worshipped as protective spirits who acted as links between the living Incas and the gods. The bodies of dead rulers were preserved as mummies and sealed in stone tombs, and people came there to pray. They brought sacrifices usually in the form of cloth, plants, and animals. Only in times of great disaster were humans sacrificed. The Incas believed in an afterlife with a heaven for the souls of virtuous people where they lived with the sun god himself; evil people went to a cold underworld with only stones for food.
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Like some of the Roman emperors, the Incas identify themselves with the sun. And like the Japanese royal house, they even persuade their people that they are the living descendants of the monarch of the heavens.
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Although they had no written language, the Incas had developed a number system using knotted strings, called a quipu, that they used to keep accurate records of troops, supplies, population data, and agricultural inventories. Thus, they could plan which crops to plant to meet future needs, and they could assign people with particular skills to work on specific tasks, such as road building, hauling materials, tending crops, serving as soldiers, making pottery, or constructing houses and temples. Government experts taught the farmers new techniques for irrigating their crops, for draining marshlands, and for terracing the land to plant on steep hillsides. The government ... took a portion of each harvest. Some of the harvest went to support the ruler, the noblemen and government officials. But much of the harvest was kept in a central storage place and then given out to the people as needed.
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