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← HistoryWhich risk increased for the Inca when knotted-string quipu failed to accurately record tribute?
A)Widespread famine emergency response failure✓
B)Damaged canals: agricultural output stalled
C)Reduced llama herds genetic diversity
D)Increased spread of unknown pathogens
💡 Explanation
Inaccurate record-keeping reduced state capacity to redistribute resources because quipu served as a crucial tool for taxation reporting using a decimal recording system. Therefore, famine responses declined rather than agricultural collapses or herd diversification, which stem from different root causes.
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