The Fertility Engine: Agricultural Systems That Built Empires - Part 4: Inca Qullqa: The First State-Run Supply Chain
The Fertility Engine: Agricultural Systems That Built Empires 1 The Fertility Engine: Agricultural Systems That Built Empires - Part 1: The Heavy Plow: The Tool That Fed Medieval Europe 2 The Fertility Engine: Agricultural Systems That Built Empires - Part 2: The Three-Field System: Crop Rotation and Soil Health 3 The Fertility Engine: Agricultural Systems That Built Empires - Part 3: Charlemagne's Standardized Weights & Measures 4 The Fertility Engine: Agricultural Systems That Built Empires - Part 4: Inca Qullqa: The First State-Run Supply Chain ← Series Home The Fertility Engine – Part 4: Inca Qullqa: The First State-Run Supply Chain The Immovable Feast In the towering, rugged terrain of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), the lack of navigable rivers, wheeled vehicles, and large draft animals presented a monumental challenge to state management,. Transporting staple foods over the empire’s vast distances—which spanned 3,200 miles across the most mountainous terrain on Earth—was virtually impossible, as travelers would consume most of the cargo en route,. Yet, the Incas successfully managed a population estimated at up to 12 million people, supporting armies and transient state personnel across four distinct regions,. ...