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The Inca had
other reasons for expansion besides the
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desire for
economic gain and political power.
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They adopted from
Chimor the practice of "split
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inheritance":
all of a ruler’s political power went to the
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successor, while
all wealth and land passed to male
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descendants for
the eternal support of the cult of the
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dead ruler's
mummy.
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The system
created a justification for endless
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expansion.
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Inca political
and social life was infused with religious
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meaning.
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The sun was the
highest deity; the ruler (Inca) was the
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god’s
representative on earth.
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