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🏛️ History 12 minLesson 29 of 50
The Inca Empire
Learn how the Incas governed a massive empire spanning the Andes mountains without a written language.
What you will learn
- The Inca Empire utilized a complex system of roads and runners to maintain communication across mountains.
- They kept records using quipu, a system of knotted strings for tracking resources.
- Terrace farming allowed the civilization to thrive in difficult mountain terrain.
Threads That Speak: How The Inca Used Strings to Communicate | National Geographic
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Recall drill
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Interactive quiz
Question 1 of 1What was the purpose of quipu?
