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Both empires were
based upon the long
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development of
civilizations that preceded them.
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They excelled in
imperial and military organization.
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The two were
based upon intensive agriculture
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organized by the
state; goods were redistributed to
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groups or social
classes.
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The Aztecs and
Incas transformed an older kinship
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system into a
hierarchical one where the nobility
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predominated.
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In both the
nobility was the personnel of the state.
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Although the
Incas tried to integrate their empire as
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a unit, both
empires recognized local ethnic groups
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and political
leaders in return for loyalty.
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