Expansion and Growth

As soon a new tribe was conquered, or voluntarily joined the Inca Empire, three things happened quickly:

1. Engineers and workers began to build roads to connect the new province to the rest of the Empire.
   

2. Government officials were sent to count the new wealth - how many people, how much gold and silver, how many vases - the count was very detailed.
   

3. A governor was appointed to run the new territory.

Some of the conquered people were sent to join existing ayllus units in various parts of the Empire. If the government needed workers somewhere, some of the conquered people were sent to help out. People who were moved about often did not speak the language of the group they were joining. This pretty much wiped out all chance of rebellion.

All the new people had to follow the Inca ways. They had to speak the Inca language. They had to worship Inca gods. But, they could additionally follow their own religious customs.

The new territory was absorbed into the Inca Empire. The Empire continued to have a common language, a common government, and huge storages of food and goods available for use in times of need. It was an effective way of handling a rapidly expanding Empire.

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