why did cieza de leon admire the inca road system

Sagot :

I think he admired the Inca road system because the Inca was known as the largest earliest civilization and it had uses for the runners, aka messangers, to send well messages back and forth to people funny we just finished this unit but I have a TON of notes on the Inca, Maya, and Aztec, so if you need help, I'm right here!

Answer:

he two conclusions that can be made are 1) The Inca were a self-sufficient and hardworking group of people and 4) The Inca government provided for its people during times of need.

Explanation:

Spanish conquistador Pedro de Cieza de León (c. 1520-1554) chronicled Peru and the Incas in a very comprehensive work titled Crónicas del Perú. In this excerpt he is pointing out, on the one hand, that the Incas worked, without exception, and they worked hard, and didn't live at the expense of others, so it is possible to conclude that they were hardworking and self-sufficient. On the other hand, he is also indicating that when a worker was sick, he received his sustenance "from the storehouses," which implies that there existed some sort of public welfare program that provided for those in need. There is reference neither to the brutal methods of the Inca rulers when dealing with troublemakers nor to the way the Incas treated guests and strangers, but the text does reveal that only the rulers and the headmen could dress differently and with ostentation, if they wished, but not the commoners.