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Mann readings on the Incas 

I. Charles Mann, 1491, Ch. 3, pp. 64-74 (IT IS POSTED AS A PDF HERE ON MOODLE) 

1.) Gut reaction

2.) Give the basic characteristics of the Inca empire: location & borders, name and location of capital, time period, language

3.) What were the challenges of the landscape of the Inca territory and how did they overcome them?

4.) Name at least three major advances of the Inca empire. What role did the leader Pachakuti play?

5.) Tribute is the goods or services a conquered group gives to the conquerer. What system of tribute and labor did the Inca use and Pachakuti in particular?

II. Read Charles Mann's short chapter "Talking Knots" (posted here on Moodle as a PDF)

Write a gut reaction: what's most interesting/surprising to you about the quipu?