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Show PAGE I THURSDAY, MAY 6. 1976 creator of (he Inca empire Mighty Inca Ruler Formed A Unique State Law and order, next 25 years expanded the care, and made-wor-k .Inca domain outward from projects helped forge one of Cuzco. Eminent historians the most powerful empires in have proclaimed Pachacuti the New World. the greatest of American By the time Columbus set Indians. sail, the mighty Inca Emperor Pachacuti and his son PACHACUTI could call on Tupa Inca had created an vast reserves of manpower to keep his growing universal unprecedented empire state without benefit of under control. Accountants determined how many could money, iron, the written be spared from agriculture word, or the wheel. Yet the Incas impressed to take a turn at public their rule, their law, their . womb-to-tom- works, mining, or military service. Forced labor kept subjects out of mischief, but they had ample time for festivities and rihial ririnkine. enjoyed a large number of holidays. But they could not enjoy ordinary idleness; the Incas invented work to keep them busy. made crime rare. Though allowing some local autonomy and worship, Pachacuti attempted to control every aspect of the behavior of his subjects. To establish the census and assess taxes, lifetimes were divided into 12 stages from infancy to old age. accompanied by harsh punishments and a lack of want, regulate b fVtni-munir- s Strict law enforcement, LAWS WERE enforced to travel, dress, marriage, worship, and pro per behavior, Among Pacha-- cuti's many edicts: mourning for the dead must cease on the twentieth day; women must not touch weapons or musical instruments in Him of war; marriages must be ordained and performed in mass ceremonies. Outside his immediate realm, the powerful emperor shifted conquered populations and stirred them into the Inca mixing bowl to unify recited in a low voice: "Like a lily in the garden I was REGISTERED HEREFORD RANGE BULLS GOOD QUALITY a . Although honored more in songs and poems than any other Indian king before or after, Pachacuti died quite humbly. As he lay on his death bed about 1471, the 245-622- 3 EVENINGS out Loren McIntyre in the IK So- Incas and Their Timeless I Land. The march to empire began about 1438 when a young prince led Inca slingmen to victory over, a powerful force of Chanca warriors attacking the town of Cuzco in present-da- & m Peru. y He became Pachacuti, first emperor, and during the Finns Pay Debts In Spite Of... Finland 2 a struggling to reverse a Inge balance of payments deficit, but it managed to pay off its World -- 3? :v War I debt to the United States recently ten years before it was due. Though not a rich nation, Finland never missed an installment of its $9 million loan from the United States. Even in the depths of the Depression during the 1930s, the Finns faithfully forwarded interest payments twice a year, the National Geographic Society points out. 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