Who controlled the economy of the incan empire?
The Incan economy was centered around the "ayllu", a local group composed of neighboring families in the same village. Every "ayllu" specialized in a certain industry, such as agriculture, pottery, clothing, or jewellery. People did collective community work in a system known as the "minka", which involved construction, cleaning, or attending to other needs of the society at large. Since there was no official currency, taxes were collected in the form of crops, cattle, and labor.
Who were the small groups that controlled the economy of the incan empire?
ayllu
Economic history of Peru
The Inca Empire employed central planning. The Inca Empire traded with outside regions, although they did not operate a substantial internal market economy. While axe-monies were used along the northern coast, presumably by the provincial "mindaláe" trading class, most households in the empire lived in a traditional economy in which households were required to pay taxes, usually in the form of the "mit'a" corvée labor, and military obligations, though barter (or "trueque") was present in some areas. In return, the state provided security, food in times of hardship through the supply of emergency resources, agricultural projects (e.g. aqueducts and terraces) to increase productivity and occasional feasts. While "mit'a" was used by the state to obtain labor, individual villages had a pre-inca system of communal work, known as mink'a, established. This system survives to the modern day, known as "mink'a" or "faena". The economy rested on the material foundations of the vertical archipelago, a system of ecological complementarity in accessing resources and the cultural foundation of "ayni", or reciprocal exchange.
Who controlled the economy of the incan empire through taxation and offered security?
the state
Inca Empire
Inca Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca%20Empire
Economic history of Peru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic%20history%20of%20Peru
The Inca Empire, also known as Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, and at the time known as the Realm of the Four Parts,[a] was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.[5]
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, also known as Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, and at the time known as the Realm of the Four Parts, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The Incan economy was centered around the "ayllu", a local group composed of neighboring families in the same village. Every "ayllu" specialized in a certain industry, such as agriculture, pottery, clothing, or jewellery. Most households in the empire lived in a traditional economy in which households were required to pay taxes. In return, the state provided security, food in times of hardship through the supply of emergency resources, agricultural projects (e.g. aqueducts and terraces) to increase productivity and occasional feasts.