seers were the curacas, lesser members of the nobility. They were responsible for one hundred families. People came to the overseers for their problems and grievances. The overseers, if they could not get information, asked the curacas for advice on behalf of the people. The curacas were under noblemen, who were responsible for 500 families. Together, they sat in court, listened to complaints, and administered justice. They had strict laws. When a man confessed, he would be punished by the judges, but not the Gods, similar to the Aztec. There were nobles who were responsible for 1000, 10 000, and 40 000 families. Finally, four wise men were responsible for the whole of the population, which was around eight to sixteen million.The Inca's governmental system, unlike the Aztec's, was a complete dictatorship of one man, meaning that everybody was responsible to the state and received benefits from the state. Their system contained traces of fascism, communism, monarchy, and democracy. They incorporated subject tribes into the hierarchy. They tried to make "out-of-town" princes into believing that the Inca way of life was the best way and that he should teach his father's followers his mother's customs. They kept all their records on quipu, which was a complex structure of knotted cords of many colors. Like the Aztec, the Inca society was not a patriarchal one. Women were highly respected everywhere which refers to the previous paragraphs statement, "teach his father's followers his mother's customs." That means that the man should teach everybody the customs of his mother. In other societies at that time, that would be highly frowned on.The Aztec form of social structure and government can be considered less advanced than the Incas. The Aztec government is divided into three groups: slaves, commoners, and the nobility. The slavery system was different from many other cultures. Children could be sold into slavery, but onl...
