INCAS The vast Inca empire, with its advanced culture and powerful armies, spanned most of the Andes along South America's western coast at the time of Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. The Incas had a very clear social structure. The ruler, Sapa Inca, and his wives, the Coyas, had supreme control over the empire. The High Priest and the Army Commander in Chief were next. Then came the Four Apus, the regional army …showed first 75 words of 454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 454 total…maintained their power by providing gifts of luxury goods and elaborate entertainment. The people returned the favors by providing their leaders with labor. Perhaps the greatest achievement of the Incas lay in their efficient mobilization and organization of the state's labor force into armies of conquest, a class of bureaucrats, and attendants for the ruling class. That is all for this week tune in next week for another boring report by albert. my life sux