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philologists as an inhabitant of a temperate val–
lcy. Although
it
is imposible to determine the
ethnic origin of this group, nnr can they be de–
finitely linked with the Mayas or Nauas of trop–
ical America, or with . other groups of the con–
tin
nt, as
is the
opinion of
soime
Peruvian
archreologist,
yet
thene· are those who asc:ribe
th eir origin to a migratory mongolian movement
to
t.h
Andes.
Language.
Social and Political Organization.
The Inca state w·as a theocratic monarchy
- absolute and paternal. Generally this· monarchy
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