Editing Economy of Peru (section)

===Inca Empire===

The Tahuantinsuyo (the ''Realm of the Four Parts''), popularly known as the [[Inca Empire]], was the largest civilization that emerged from the highlands of Peru in the early 13th century. The Spanish conquered the last Inca stronghold in 1572.

The Inca Empire employed [[central planning]]. Writing about the Inca tax system, Spanish chronicler [[Pedro Cieza de León]] said "the system the Incas employed was so good that the people did not feel it, and prospered ... [A]ll this was accomplished in such orderly fashion that neither did the natives fail to pay what they owed and were assessed, nor did those who collected these tributes venture to take one grain of corn in excess".<ref name="StarnKirk2009">{{cite book|last1=Starn|first1=Orin|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=YyNo4Nsh_qQC}}|title=The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics|last2=Kirk|first2=Carlos Iván|last3=Degregori|first3=Carlos Iván|date=2009|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-8750-3}}</ref> Officials would travel to cities and provinces where they would be provided [[quipu]]s storing data, with Inca territories contributing what was possible; whether it be labor (''[[mit'a]]''), textiles, food, weapons or construction materials.<ref name="StarnKirk2009" /> Regarding labor, provinces would provide men to be employed by the empire who required to be married so their wives could maintain home life.<ref name="StarnKirk2009" /> Citizens were not exposed to [[overwork]] as individuals who became ill would be returned and replaced by their home province while many days of a month were dedicated to recreation and feasts.<ref name="StarnKirk2009" />