Comments on: The greatest mystery of the Inca Empire https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/the-greatest-mystery-of-the-inca-empire/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/the-greatest-mystery-of-the-inca-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-951787 Isegoria Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:03:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32629#comment-951787 I mentioned the quipu before, by the way.

]]> By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/the-greatest-mystery-of-the-inca-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-951107 Dan Kurt Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:19:13 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32629#comment-951107 Would suggest you read this book: A Socialist Empire: The Incas of Peru by Louis Baudin, 1961 (reprints available).

The quipu apparently was the instrument that enabled the Inca to administer their realm. Alas, how it really worked is only poorly known thanks to the Spanish conquest.

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