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inents or political regions. Thi class vvas ' cry
numerous in all the r
1
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.
It
\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,
f.orexample, 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
f
t
tbe and itself.
'le live stock
ere
i tribu ed in like propor–
tion. All pub ·
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orks, wor:ks of
comm.onutil..
it y,
irriga ien, openin15 of roads , construction of
aqueducts, bridges, etc., were carried out _by
general co-operation; it is not remarkable, there–
f
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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