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Inca decimal administration in the Lake Titicaca regionessay 1982 • Julien, Catherine J.
Inka • South America > Central Andes
Catherine Julien argues that the Inca curbed the power of local elites both by reducing their discretionary control over citizen's labor and by replacing possible dissidents. Since even decimal officials were obligated to participate in public works,...