technology. new technologies major roads of the inca empire
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Khipu (Quipu) A khipu consists, minimally, of a main cord from which pendant cords hang. (Pendants of pendants are called subsidiaries.) Knots tied in the pendant cords and other modifications of the pendant are the commonest data-bearing or significant features. Inka functionaries used cord records for censuses, inventories, tribute records, and documents about transactions; Spanish courts also accepted them as documents of record in early colonial times.TRANSCRIPT
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Technology
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New Technologies
Major Roads of the Inca Empire
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Khipu (Quipu) A khipu consists, minimally, of a main cord from
which pendant cords hang. (Pendants of pendants are called subsidiaries.)
Knots tied in the pendant cords and other modifications of the pendant are the commonest data-bearing or significant features.
Inka functionaries used cord records for censuses, inventories, tribute records, and documents about transactions; Spanish courts also accepted them as documents of record in early colonial times.
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Economic Developments
constructed aquaducts, cities, temples, fortresses, short rock tunnels, suspension bridges, 2250mi road system
metal works of alloy, copper, tin, bronze, silver gold developed important medical practices- surgery on
human skull, anesthesia resources-corn, potatoes, coffee, grain created woven baskets, woodwinds