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5 pages in length. The Incan legacy illustrates a people whose ingenuity granted them the capacity to bridge a number of gaps between need and function, not the least of which includes agricultural irrigation and a rudimentary system of record keeping. Indeed, the Incans were a thriving people whose self-sufficiency and dutiful religiosity served to establish them as revolutionaries in the quest for survival. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of record keeping. Indeed, the Incans were a thriving people whose self-sufficiency and dutiful religiosity served to establish them as revolutionaries in the quest for survival. II. PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT Incan communities were established on steep mountainous slopes as well as on highlands in the Andes marked by stone steps, stone houses and stone places of worship. The
architectural prowess of the Incas was such that the stones - many tons each - were positioned together so perfectly that a blade of grass would not fit between any
two. Government structures stood in the citys central most point and the surrounding area was occupied by residents whose domiciles were constructed with stone and grass roofs (Minnesota State
University, 2008). III. POPULATION At the height of Incan existence, the population reflected between nine and sixteen million depending upon the year under the thirty-three year rule of Pachacuti
Inca Yupanqui (U.S. Library of Congress, 2008). IV. LEADERSHIP/POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT As is characteristic to Native American ideology, the concepts of worthiness, sacrifice and
penance all played an integral role in the manner by which the Inca community addressed its political concerns. The very basis of belief stemmed from these aforementioned considerations, as
well as with the inherent conclusion that proper behavior is an instrumental factor in monitoring the overall political climate. The political structure of the Incas was not one that
mirrors contemporary political structures; rather, it embraced a significant sense of spirituality and religion. Indeed, these two elements were integral in that they represented not only the political implications
but also those that dictated life. As the Incas "came to embody the spirit of Peru" (Mosio, 1996, p. 27), they also incorporated
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