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Mit'a (Quechua pronunciation: [ˈmɪˌtʼa]) [1] [2] was a system mandatory labor service in the Inca Empire, as well as in Spain's empire in the Americas. [3] Its close relative, the regionally mandatory Minka is still in use in Quechua communities today and known as faena in Spanish.
The Inca conquest began in the 1420s by reconstructing Cuzco after driving out the warriors of a powerful rival dominion, the Chancas. These were inhabitants of the territory northeast of Cuzco. The Tawantinsuyu (the realm of the Inca centered on Cuzco) originated from this transformation. [ 17 ]
Because the Argentine portion of Kollasuyu was on the edge of the empire the communities there had even more local autonomy than elsewhere in the empire, but were still subject to Inca protection and duties through the mita system of reciprocity. At the same time, Inca statebuilding was based on the threat of violence. [2] This interplay of ...
A tambo (Quechua: tampu, "inn") was an Inca structure built for administrative and military purposes. Found along the extensive roads, tambos typically contained supplies, served as lodging for itinerant state personnel, [1] and were depositories of quipu-based accounting records.
This system of work was organized within the framework of institutionalized reciprocity, the Inca emperor was united by personal relations to the regional rulers. [8] The Inca emperor regularly provided the local rulers with goods, and those partially redistributed those goods to the local people, providing them with housing, food, and clothing.
AP World History: Modern was designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts as well as interactions between different human societies. The course advances understanding through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills.
The Inca Empire employed a system of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor, called Mit'a that required all males between 15-50 to work on large public construction projects. Hyslop comments that the 'secret' to the production of fine Inca masonry “…was the social organization necessary to maintain the great numbers of people ...
Mita or MITA can refer to: Mita (name) Mit'a or mita, a form of public service in the Inca Empire and later in the Viceroyalty of Peru; Mita, Meguro, Tokyo, a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan; Mita, Minato, Tokyo, a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan; Mita Dōri, a road in Tokyo, Japan; Mita Elementary School, a school in Tokyo, Japan