Quipus are strings with multiple knots on them to record births, deaths, farming, and wars. each knot represented a different recording of different information. the knots could have variou sizes and were onmany different coored strings. invented by the incans this makes them very important and them very smart
The invention is Quipu..
The Inca's used the quipu to record numbers since they didn't have a form of writing. The quipu is a system of strings and knots used to represent numbers so that the Inca's wouldn't have to write down anything.
As a writing system to record information about the ruler
to keep record
Such person is called a Quipucamayuc, which can be translated along the lines of 'He who possesses the power to read the knots'.
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The invention is Quipu..
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the incas used the quipus to keep records
The Inca's used the quipu to record numbers since they didn't have a form of writing. The quipu is a system of strings and knots used to represent numbers so that the Inca's wouldn't have to write down anything.
A Inca Quipu is a string with many knots used to record information as there was no system of writing during the Inca empire. The strings were often colored to represent something.
As a writing system to record information about the ruler
* Quipu or Khipu were recording devices used in the Inca empire. It consisted of coloured spun and plied strings from Illa or Alpaca hair or cotton cords with numeric and values encoded by knots in a base 10 positional system.
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Catherine Mutz has written: 'Quipu' -- subject(s): Incas, Quipu, Antiquities
A quipu was used by the Inca civilization as a system of record-keeping and communication. It consisted of colored, knotted strings that conveyed numerical and other information through the position, color, and type of knots. Quipus were used to keep track of population data, tax records, and other administrative information.
They used a group of knotted strings called a quipu. The varying knots in a quipu represented different place values, making it easy to count crops or populations or anything that could be numbered in this way.