FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE INCA CIVILIZATION
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Question
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Aztecs took their books
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There was a bad fire
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They didn’t have a system of writing
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Pizarro and the Spanish took and destroyed everything
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Detailed explanation-1: -The absence of written Quechua may be down to the destruction of written records by the Spanish, which is what they did with many Maya records. Inca people may also have hidden these records.
Detailed explanation-2: -A quipu (khipu) was a method used by the Incas and other ancient Andean cultures to keep records and communicate information using string and knots. In the absence of an alphabetic writing system, this simple and highly portable device achieved a surprising degree of precision and flexibility.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Incas never developed a written language. However, their system of record keeping called Quipu is unique in human history. Inca recorded accounts with knotted string. Quipu means knot in Quechua, the language of the Incas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Inca Empire (1438–1533) had its own spoken language, Quechua, which is still spoken by about a third of the Peruvian population. It is believed that the only “written” language of the Inca empire is a system of different knots tied in ropes attached to a longer cord. This system is called quipu or khipu.