Which risk increased for Inca messenger relay systems when quipu knotting errors accumulated?

💡 Explanation

Command transmission relied on quipu; transcription errors introduced cumulative distortions because each knot cluster specified quantities/actions representing orders interpreted by subsequent chasqui, therefore garbled decrees accumulated, rather than specific events (terrace collapse) or resource depletion.

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