Sapa Inca Research Paper

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Sapa Inca was the most powerful of all the government therefore he made the laws. He had many wife’s their job was to gather any and every thing he might drop including every single piece of hair that dropped from his body. Sapa Inca was very unique and special he wore a head dress made out of solid gold and large vibrant colored fathers that only he could were. Not only this but his clothes where ornamented with jewels. This highly expensive and detailed piece of art was only worn ones after that they where burned to ash. Therefore he had a huge amount of weavers making him a new outfit for every day. Sapa Inca could have up to a 100 children, before he died he chose one out of the many sons to take his place when he died unlike many other

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