To Build Its Large-Scale Public Works Projects, the Inka Empire

question 8

Multiple Choice

To build its large-scale public works projects, the Inka Empire relied on

• A) slave labor.
• B) the mita system.
• C) pulleys and carts.
• D) rivalry among different allyus as a spur to productivity.
• E) a cycle of strictly-prescribed annual religious rituals.

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