It recounts the life of the officials, the notaries,
the deputies, the proprietors of indian labour, the
priests, the miners and the spaniards who travel
from post to post along the roads and rivers of
peru; the visitors, the judges, the indian chiefs
and their subjects, including the very poor.
in my work i have always tried to obtain the
most truthful accounts, accepting those which
seemed to be substantial and which were
confirmed from various sources. i have only
reported those facts which several people agreed
upon as being true. .
— huamán poma, letter to a king: a peruvian chief’s
account of life under the incas and under spanish rule,
e. p. dutton
according to this author, accounts used in making
statements of fact must be
(1) brief (3) verified
(2) interesting (4) unbiased

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-he was intelient and physically cordnated

tohmas jefferson

james madison

james monroe

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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