USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Families in the Inca Empire belonged to larger groups, or clans, called ayllus. The ayllu (EYE-yoo) was the foundation of Incan society. Everyone was born into an ayllu, and most people lived their entire lives within the borders of its land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ayllu were self-sustaining social units that would educate their own children and farm or trade for all the food they ate, except in cases of disaster such as El Niño years when they relied on the Inca storehouse system. Each ayllu owned a parcel of land, and the members had reciprocal obligations to each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ayllu. The basic unit of Inca society was the ayllu. The ayllu was made up of a number of families that worked together almost like one large family. Everyone in the empire was part of an ayllu.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ayllus varied in size, from small farming villages to larger towns. The primary reason the Incas used this system was probably because of tradition and because it created an orderly way to maintain successful farming.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ayllu was responsible for paying taxes. Also, land was assigned by the government to each ayllu based on the number of people in the group. In order to run the government, the Inca needed food and resources which they acquired through taxes. Each ayllu was responsible for paying taxes to the government.