Incas (jan 1, 1197 – jan 1, 1491)

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Andes mountains and along pc- capital cuzco
Height of power 1400’s CE -> controlled about 16 million people and 350,000 square miles
Built on accomplishments of earlier societies; roads, military posts, trade; cultivated fertile mountain valleys- terraces and elaborate irrigation systems
Priests human sacrifice
Similar division of labor to aztecs- lots of labor devoted to palaces and temples

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