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The system of roads and bridges traveled in Peru today were developed from the Incas who ruled over millions of people. This area for transportation stretches from modern-day Colombia to central Chile and from the Amazonian slopes to the Pacific Ocean. This challenge is perceived as an “engineering marvel.”
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Mines producing precious and prestigious metals such as gold, silver or copper, and fresh water, abundant everywhere except along the desert coast. With careful manipulation of these resources, the Incas managed to keep things moving the way they wanted. Tribute in the form of service mita played a crucial role in maintaining the empire and pressurizing its subjects into ambitious building and irrigation projects. Some of these projects were so grand that they would have been impossible without the demanding whip of a totalitarian state.
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