Administration Inca Empire

inti, represented josé bernardo de tagle of peru

colonial sources not entirely clear or in agreement inca government structure, such exact duties , functions of government positions. basic structure can broadly described. top sapa inca. below may have been willaq umu, literally priest recounts , high priest of sun. however, beneath sapa inca sat inkap rantin, confidant , assistant sapa inca, perhaps similar prime minister. starting topa inca yupanqui, council of realm composed of 16 nobles: 2 hanan cusco; 2 hurin cusco; 4 chinchaysuyu; 2 cuntisuyu; 4 collasuyu; , 2 antisuyu. weighting of representation balanced hanan , hurin divisions of empire, both within cusco , within quarters (hanan suyukuna , hurin suyukuna).

while provincial bureaucracy , government varied greatly, basic organization decimal. taxpayers – male heads of household of age range – organized corvée labor units (often doubling military units) formed state s muscle part of mit service. each unit of more 100 tax-payers headed kuraka, while smaller units headed kamayuq, lower, non-hereditary status. however, while kuraka status hereditary , typically served life, position of kuraka in hierarchy subject change based on privileges of superiors in hierarchy; pachaka kuraka appointed position waranqa kuraka. furthermore, 1 kuraka in each decimal level serve head of 1 of 9 groups @ lower level, pachaka kuraka might waranqa kuraka, in effect directly responsible 1 unit of 100 tax-payers , less directly responsible 9 other such units.