We write with knots
What did the Inca right with? Nothing!
The Inca recorded things using Khipu(Quipu). These things were usually composed of colored, spun and plied strings from llamas(alpacas). They are sometimes called talking strings. They had numeric and other values encoded in the knots in a base ten positional system. Khipus number of strings ranged from just a few to over 2,000! Evidence shows that something similar to a Khipu was used in the Andean region in 3000 bce. That is about 3000 years before the Inca rose to power. Spanish chroniclers said that Khipu were used to communicate and record information. Some knots and colors are believed to represent non-numerical information. However, these colors and knots have not been deciphered yet. So far, there is no known link between Khipu and Quechua, the native language of the Peruvian Andes. The accountants of the Inca created and deciphered the knots on the Khipu. The accountant were males 50-60. Some Khipu are used for ritual uses in some communities. Unfortunately, they are not used to record or we might know how they work. Gary Uston estimated there were about 600 Khipu in existence in 2003. Now, he has received 751 calls about Khipu in existence. Khipu are preserved so they will not get destroyed and maybe we will be able to decipher them in the future.
The Inca recorded things using Khipu(Quipu). These things were usually composed of colored, spun and plied strings from llamas(alpacas). They are sometimes called talking strings. They had numeric and other values encoded in the knots in a base ten positional system. Khipus number of strings ranged from just a few to over 2,000! Evidence shows that something similar to a Khipu was used in the Andean region in 3000 bce. That is about 3000 years before the Inca rose to power. Spanish chroniclers said that Khipu were used to communicate and record information. Some knots and colors are believed to represent non-numerical information. However, these colors and knots have not been deciphered yet. So far, there is no known link between Khipu and Quechua, the native language of the Peruvian Andes. The accountants of the Inca created and deciphered the knots on the Khipu. The accountant were males 50-60. Some Khipu are used for ritual uses in some communities. Unfortunately, they are not used to record or we might know how they work. Gary Uston estimated there were about 600 Khipu in existence in 2003. Now, he has received 751 calls about Khipu in existence. Khipu are preserved so they will not get destroyed and maybe we will be able to decipher them in the future.