-Cuzco is the economic central or capital

-Communicated with other Inca cities with their road system

-They did not have merchant class so the government controlled the trading

-Because of a type of irrigation called terrace farming (steps farming), they could plant a lot of crops and did not have to water them often

-Potatoes were one of the major crops

-quipu: bureaucrats used this array of cords to keep track of financial information such as what was bought or sold

-machu picchu is one important city in incan society

THe Economy of the Incas