> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 3 evergreens</em></s> #### [[The Inca empire was maintained without a full script writing system]] While the first [[writing]] system ^[[[Sumerians invented writing to store large amounts of data]]] that we have record of did eventually develop into a [[full script]], some cultures have only needed [[partial script]]'s for their entire [[history]]. One example is the [[Inca Empire]], which at one point contained over 10 million people. They maintained all of their mathematical data in tied cords called [[quipus]]. This system was so effective that it caught the eye of their colonizer's...as something that threatened their power and need to be destroyed. Example of:: [[Empires are born through conquest and maintained by bureaucracy]] This works with:: [[Foraging was a very sustainable lifestyle]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[prehistory]], [[history]], [[language]], [[communication]], [[writing]], [[oral tradition]], [[Inca Empire]], [[quipus]] #### References ![[Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^298672195]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^299600342]]