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inents or political regions. Thi class vvas ' cry

numerous in all the r

egions of Perú.

(e) The popular cl.ass which was com–

posed o.f all the tribes under the Inca dominion.

Tpon them was imposed all the work and tribute,

nülitary s·ervice, public works, agricultural labor

and the making of works of art.

Property was distributed on oommunistic

principles.

\vas divided into three portions:

lands of the Sun, of the Inca, ·and of the com–

munity. The lands of the community were· di–

vided,

example, in the proportion of seventy

square meters for each boy and thirty-five square

meters fo @ach girl, and they were entit'led to all

the produc s of the land bu.t could

ot acquire

an absolute

tbe and itself.

'le live stock

ere

i tribu ed in like propor–

tion. All pub ·

orks, wor:ks of

util..

it y,

irriga ien, openin15 of roads , construction of

aqueducts, bridges, etc., were carried out _by

general co-operation; it is not remarkable, there–

ore, that they should have been able to build

such monumental works as those which survive.

ART

Architecture

There were th..ree cliasses of oonstruotion:

fortresses, called

in Quechua "puca.ras"; rel–

igious sanctuaries, and dwellings.

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