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The Incas Valued Their Ancestors
I think it's quite hard for us to understand the extent to which the Incas valued their ancestors because it's in some ways alien to our cult. But it was very important and this idea of reciprocity that Bill mentioned that extended to the dead. The idea was that if you venerated your ancestors they would ensure that your agriculture was successful that the empire would succeed. So it was highly important but it was something that Spanish didn't appreciate. Frank, they seem to be very well organized but perhaps it's brutally organized. As I understand it, when they had a tribe or a group that were becoming rebellious and challenging they moved a lot of them somewhere else among people who were very plant