The Incas
Left no written or recorded track, so most of the current information comes
from the Spanish side. Even the Spanish lacked the mental openness to
understand what they were seeing. Spain sixteenth century was a fanatical
Christian nation not known for embracing different worldviews.
Chroniclers
were also trying to resolve the ambiguities of the Inca Empire, poor quality
and biases that distort interpreters and native informants often dubious
reliability desperate for survival reasons, to ingratiate himself with his
interrogators. And the Spanish came amid hear many contradictory versions of
the Inca rulers. All our versions of the Incas fit in the minds of Western
cultural frameworks relatives. However, the Incas were singularly Andina, and
very different from other advanced civilizations in history. So modern accounts
of the Incas should carry a warning: "If you want the unshakable truth,
invent a better travel time".
Strict
world order: the Inca society was clearly hierarchical and highly structured,
but not necessarily tyrannical and repressive. Everyone had a place in the Inca
world and a role to play. Life was not easy, but the food and resources is
stored and distributed so that all were fed and clothed. There was no private
property, and everything was organized communally. It may have been a society
in which the majority accepted his role without feeling oppressed or exploited.
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